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eat, Cleet. ( 1)The little wedge which secures the head of axe or hammer. N.W. 
*(2) m. A patch. (A.B.) 
*(3) v. To mend with a patch. (A.B.) 
Cleaty. Sticky, clammy; applied to imperfectly fermented bread, or earth 
that will not work well in ploughing. N.W. 
Clim. To climb. (A.) A cat over-fond of investigating the contents of the 
larder shelves is a “ clim-tack,” or climb-shelf. N. & S.W. 
Clinches. The muscles of the leg, just above the knee-joint. N. & S.W. 
Clinkerbell. An icicle. §.W. {Som. bord.) occasionally. 
-Clitch. The groin. N.W. 
@lite. (1) 2. “Allin a clite,” tangled, as a child’s hair. N. & S.W. 
; (2) v. To tangle. “ How your hair do get clited !”’ N. & S.W. 
Clites, Clytes. Galium Aparine, L., Goosegrass. (A.) Usually pl., but 
Jefferies has sing. clite. (Wild Life, ch. 9.) N. & S.W. 
Clitty. Tangled, matted together. S.W. 
f ock. A Dandelion seed-head, because children play at telling the time of 
day by the number of puffs it takes to blow away all its down. N. & S.W. 
¢ log-weed. Heracleum Sphondylium, L., Cow-parsnip. N.W. 
Clot. A hard lump of dry cow-dung, left on the surface ofa pasture. See 
Cow-clat. “On pasture farms they beat clots or pick up stones.” 
- (R, Jefferies, Letter to Times, November, 1872.) N.W. 
*Clottiness. See Cleaty. “The peculiar churlishness (provincially, 
- éelottiness’) of a great part of the lands of this district, arising perhaps 
3 from the cold nature of the sub-soil.” (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 7.) Clottish- 
pod 
ness. (Agric. Survey.) 
Clout. A box on the ear. (A.B) ra 
Cc lue. “A clue in the head, a knock on the head.” (Village Miners.) A box 
onthe ear. of. clow, Winchester College. NW. 
4 ‘um. To handle clumsily. (A.B.) 
Numbersome. Awkward, clumsy. N.W. 
S.W. 
ders. Galium Aparine, L., Goosegrass. 
lyten, Clytenish. Unhealthy-looking. (A.B.) 
FCoath. Sheep-rot. (D.) 
‘Cob-nut. A game played by children with nuts. (A.B.) 
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