An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 173 : 2. To produce a dimple, S. _Poems Buchan Dial._ ~Clour~, _s._ 1. A lump, a tumour, in

2. To produce a dimple, S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

~Clour~, _s._

1. A lump, a tumour, in consequence of a stroke or fall, S.

_S. P. Repr._

2. A dint caused by a blow, S.

_To_ CLOUT, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, properly with the hands, S.

_Ferguson._

Teut. _klots-en_, pulsare.

~Clout~, _s._ A cuff, a blow, S.

_Ritson._

_To_ CLOW, _v. a._ To beat down, Galloway.

CLOWE, _s._ A hollow between hills.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

The same with _Cleugh_, q. v. also _Cloff_.

CLOWIS, _s. pl._ Small round pieces.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _cleow_, Teut. _klouwe_, sphaera.

CLOWIT, _part. pa._ "Made of clews, woven." Rudd.

_Douglas._

Teut. _klouwe_, glomus.

CLOUSE, CLUSH, _s._ A sluice, S.

_Acts Ja. IV._

Fr. _ecluse_, id. Arm. _clewz_, a ditch.

CLUBBER, _s._

V. ~Clibber~.

CLUBBOCK, _s._ The spotted Blenny; a fish, Blennius gunnellus, Linn.

_Statist. Acc._

CLUF, CLUIF, _s._

1. A hoof, Rudd., _clu_, S. B.

Su. G. _klof_, ungula.

2. A claw, Rudd.

Teut. _kluyve_, unguls.

CLUKIS.

V. ~Cleuck~.

CLUMMYN, _part. pa._ of _Climb_.

_Douglas._

CLUMP, _s._ A heavy inactive fellow, S.

Su. G. _klump_, Teut. _klompe_.

CLUNG, _part. pa._ Empty, applied to the stomach or belly after long fasting, S.

From E. _cling_, to dry up.

_Ross._

_To_ CLUNK, _v. n._ To emit a hollow and interrupted sound, as that proceeding from any liquid confined in a cask, when shaken, if the cask be not full, S.