_To_ CLAT, CLAUT, _v. a._
1. To rake together dirt or mire, S.
2. To rake together, in a general sense, S.
Su. G. _kladd_, filth.
3. To scrape, to scratch any thing together.
_Burns._
~Clat~, ~Claut~, _s._
1. An instrument for raking together dirt or mire, S.
2. A hoe, as employed in the labours of husbandry, S.
3. The act of raking together, as applied to property.
4. What is scraped together by niggardliness, S.
_Burns._
_To_ CLATCH, _v. a._
1. To daub with lime, S.; _harle_, synon.
2. To close up with any adhesive substance.
Isl. _kleose_, _kleste_, lino, oblino.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any thing thrown for the purpose of daubing.
Isl. _klessa_, any thing that bedaubs.
_To_ CLATCH, SKLATCH, _v. a._ To finish any piece of workmanship in a careless and hurried way, without regard to the rules of art, S.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any piece of mechanical work done in a careless way, S.
CLATH, CLAITH, _s._ Cloth, S.
V. ~Claith~.
_To_ CLATT, _v. a._ To bedaub, to dirty, S. _Clate_, to daub, A. Bor.
~Clattie~, _adj._ Nasty, dirty, S. _Claity_, id., Cumb.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _kladd_, sordes, _kladd-a sig ned_, se vestesque suas inquinare; Belg. _kladd-en_, to daub, _kladdig_, dirty.
_To_ CLATTER, _v. a._
1. To prattle, to act as a tell-tale, S.
_Dunbar._
2. To chat, to talk familiarly, S.
Teut. _kletter-n_, concrepare.
~Clatter~, _s._
1. An idle or vague rumour, S.
_Hudson._
2. Idle talk, frivolous loquacity, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. Free and familiar conversation, S.
_Shirrefs._
~Clatterer~, _s._ A tale-bearer, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Clattern~, _s._ A tattler, a babbler, Loth.
_Ramsay._
CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A village in which there is a church.
V. ~Clachan~.
CLAUCHT, _pret._ Snatched, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.
_Douglas._