_Shirrefs._

Qu. resembling a _clod_ of earth.

CLOFF, _s._

1. A fissure of any kind.

2. What is otherwise S. called the _cleaving_.

Lat. intercapedo.

_Lyndsay._

3. A cleft between adjacent hills, Loth.

4. The cleft of a tree, or that part of it where the branches separate from each other, Loth.

Isl. _kloff_, Su. G. _kloffwa_, a fissure.

CLOIS, _s._ Crown.

_Douglas._

Teut. _klos_, globus.

CLOYS, _s._ A cloister.

_Douglas._

Teut. _kluyse_, clausura, locus clausus, L. B. _clusa_.

CLOIT, _s._ A clown, a stupid inactive fellow, S.

Teut. _kloete_, h.o.m.o obtusus, hebes.

_To_ CLOIT, _v. n._ To fall heavily, S.

_Hamilton_.

Belg. _klots-en_, to beat with noise.

~Cloit~, _s._ A hard or heavy fall, S.

_To_ CLOK, _v. n._ To cluck.

V. ~Clock~.

CLOLLE, _s._ Apparently, skull.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

Germ. _kleuel_, glomus.

CLORTY, _adj._ Dirty.

V. ~Clarty~.

CLOSE, _s._ A pa.s.sage, an entry, S. _cloce_, Douglas.

_Arnot._

Belg. _kluyse_, clausura.

CLOSERIS, CLOUSOURIS, _s. pl._ Inclosures.

_Douglas._

CLOVE, (_of a mill_) _s._ That which separates what are called the bridgeheads, S.

V. ~Cloff~.

~Cloves~, _s. pl._ An instrument of wood, which closes like a vice, used by carpenters for holding their saws firm while they sharpen them, S.

V. ~Cloff~.

CLOUYS, _s. pl._ Claws.

_Douglas._

_To_ CLOUR, CLOWR, _v. a._

1. To cause a tumour, S.

_Ramsay._