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up hay in small, loose heaps; Icel. klúka, vb., to sit on a rickety seat (B.H.). — Some place-names seem to spring from *klúk- with root-meaning pile, such as “Klukistakk [kluk··ɩstak·]” (Foraness, Du^w.), name of a rock in the sea, and “Klugen [klūgən]” (U^e., Fe^e.); see Shetl. Stedn. p. 118. Icel. klúka, f., small stack or heap; Fær. klúkur, m., small, loose heap of hay. — Cf. klunk², sb. and vb.

kluki [kluki], adj., wily, sly; now mostly used in a disparaging sense. Sometimes also in sense of ingenious and dexterous or nimble; reported from Uⁿ. — O.N. klókr, adj., wily. In sense of dexterous (nimble), kluki has been merged with L.Sc. cleuch, adj., in the same sense.

klukk [kluk, klok], vb., applied to a hen: to cluck, to call the chickens. The pronunc. with u [kluk] is reported from N.Roe (Nmⁿ.); elsewhere more comm.: [klok]. *klukka. Also L.Sc.: clouk, vb. — A form klokk [klåk] in sense of to cluck in the hatching-season, to desire to hatch, is L.Sc. clock, vb.

klumber [klombər], vb., to walk noisily with heavy tread (with clogs); to geng klumberin. Sa. See klump and klumper, vbs.

klumbung (klumbungi) [klom·boŋ· (klom·boŋ·gi)], sb., a thick-set, clumsy (short) person. Du. klombongi [klȯm·bȯŋ·gi]: Fe. In Fe. esp. of an undersized or thick-set person. The word is a compd. of klump, sb. (see the foll. word), and bungi, sb., a bump; lump; bundle, No. bunga, f., a bump; a small heap.

klump [klo‘mp], sb., a lump, esp. 1) a log of wood, a k. o’ wood. 2) a) a clod of earth (Ai.); b) a large, square peat (Fo.). 3) a) a big boulder, fragment of rock; in this sense also klumper [klo‘mpər] (Sa.); as a place-name: de Klum-

pers o’ Hogster [håkstər] (Sa.); b) mass of rocks (Ti.). 4) a thick-set, clumsy person, a k. o’ a fellow (U.). (O.N.) *klumpr. No. klump, m., a lump.

klump [klo‘mp], vb., to walk noisily with heavy footing, esp. with clogs; to geng klumpin. Also klumper [klo‘mpər] and klumber [klombər] (Sa.). See klamp (klamper), vb. klump is prob. an old *klumpa (= *klampa), as klumper, sb., clog, seems to be an original *klumpr.

klumper [klo‘mpər], sb., clog; esp. of old, clattering clogs, and commonly in pl.: klumpers. Fe. *klumpr. No. klump, m., a lump, also a kind of wooden shoe. Eng. dial. clump and dumper, id. Either the same word as klump, sb. (the ending -er then is the fossilized nominative, masculine ending), or a derivative of the verb klump. For a klumper in a deviating sense, see klump, sb. 3 a.

klumper, vb., see klump, vb.

klumpet [klo‘mpət], adj., lumpy, thick and somewhat clumsy; “a k. shield” (L.Scottish chield). N.I. *klumpóttr. No. klumputt, adj., lumpy.

klums [klo‘ms], vb., to make speechless, to deprive one of speech; esp. by swearing: “Sorrow” (De’il) k. dee! — de nort’wind klumsd de grey-fish, the north wind kept the coalfish from taking the bait (prop. closed the mouth of the coalfish): De^w. Sometimes in the neuter or intransitive: to become speechless, unable to open the mouth, besides: to expire, to die; de horse klumsd, the horse could not open its mouth (could not drink), or the horse expired: De^w. (M.Roe). Also klumps [klo‘mps] (Uⁿ. occas.). — klumsin, commonly regarded as pres. part. of klums, vb., is properly and originally an adjective; see