_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._