_To_ CLEW, _v. n._ To cleave, to fasten.

Teut. _klev-en_, id.

_Wyntown._

CLEWIS, _s. pl._ Claws, talons.

V. ~Cleuck~.

_Douglas._

CLIBBER, CLUBBER, _s._ A wooden saddle, a packsaddle, Caithn. Orkn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _klifberi_, c.l.i.tellae, from _klif_, fascis, sarcina, and _beri_ portator.

CLICK-CLACK, _s._ Uninterrupted loquacity, S.

From E. _click_ and _clack_, both expressive of a sharp successive noise; or Teut. _klick-en_, crepitare, _klack-en_, verberare resono ictu.

CLIFT, _s._ A spot of ground, S.

A. S. _cliof-an_, to cleave, because parted from the rest.

_To_ CLINCH, CLYNSCH, _v. n._ To limp, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _link-a_, claudicare.

~Clinch~, _s._ A halt, S.

CLINK, _s._ A smart stroke or blow, S.

_Hamilton._

Teut. _klincke_, id.; alapa, colaphus.

CLINK, _s._ Money; a cant term, S.

_Burns._

From the sound; Teut. _klinck-en_, tinnire.

_To_ CLINK, _v. a._ A term denoting alertness in manual operation, S.

_To_ ~Clink on~, _v. a._ To clap on.

_Ramsay._

_To_ ~Clink up~, _v. a._ To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S.

If not radically the same with the v. _cleik_, with _n_ inserted; allied perhaps to Dan. _lencke_ a chain, a link, q. _gelencke_.

CLINT, _s._ A hard or flinty rock. Gl. Sibb. "_Clints_. Crevices amongst bare lime-stone rocks, North." Gl. Grose.

Hence,

~Clinty~, ~Clynty~, _adj._ Stony, Loth.

Su. G. _klint_, scopulus.

_Douglas._

CLIP, _s._

1. probably borrowed from a sheep newly shorn or _clipped_.

_Evergreen._

2. A colt of a year old.

_Buchan._

_To_ CLIP, CLYP, _v. a._

1. To embrace.

_King"s Quair._

2. To lay hold of in a forcible manner.

_Douglas._

3. To grapple in a sea-fight.

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