CLAG, sb. a stain, a flaw.  Dalr., VIII, 97, 17.  The vowel in O.N.
    kleggi does not correspond.  It is rather Dan. klag, see
    claggit.

CLAGGIT, adj. clagged, literally adhering, sticking, vb. clag,
    to stick.  Lindsay, LXXXVII, 2667.  Dan. klaeg, mud, sticky
    clay, as adj. sticky, cp.  Cu. claggy, adhesive, clog, to
    stick to, O.E. claeg, from which N. Eng. clay.  Possibly
    from an unpalatalized O. Nhb. claeg.

Cleading, sb. dress, clothing, A.P.B. 110 cp.  Norse klaedning,
    Sco. formation, same as clothing in Eng.  The Sco. vb. is
    cleed.

CLECKIN, sb. brood of chickens.  Burns, 99, 4.  Cp.  O.N. klekking,
    chicken, but probably Sco. formation from cleck, to hatch,
    q.v.

CLEG, sb. the gadfly, horsefly.  Burns, 88, I. O.N. kleggi,
    horsefly, Dan. kleg.  See Wall.

CLEK, vb. to hatch.  Dunbar, 105; Douglas, II, 198, 3.  O.N.
    klekja, O. Sw. klaekkia, Norse kloekkja, kloettja, Dan.
    klaekke, Sw. klaecka, id.

CLOFF, sb. fork, fissure.  Montg.  F., 60.  O.N. klof, bifurcation,
    O. Dan. klov, a rift in a tree, O. Sw. klovi, id.  Norse
    klov, a cleft opening.  Cp.  Sco. long-cloved and Ic.
    klof-langr.

CLOUR, vb. to beat, strike; always used with reference to personal
    encounters.  O.N. klora, to scratch, Norse kl[-o]ra id.,
    kl[-o]r sb. used with reference to the scratch one gets as
    the result of a blow.  In Sco. clour may also mean the blow
    itself.

CLOUR, CLOWRE, sb. a scratch or swelling after a blow.  Fergusson,
    120; Philotus, 153; Douglas, I, 6, 4.  O.N. klor,
    a scratching.  Norse kl[-o]r. Probably Sco. formation.

CLUBBIT, adj. clubfooted, clumsy.  Montg.  S., XXVIII; M.P., 13, 30. 
    O.N. klubba and klumba, Norse klubba, Dan., Norse
    klump.  Cp.  Eng. clump.  Soederwall gives klubba, klobba,
    probably M. Sw.  Cp.  N.Dan. klubbe.  Exhibits assimilation of
    mb to bb which is general in W. Scand.  Also appears to
    some extent later in E. Scand.  Eng. club is Scand.  See
    Skeat.

CLUNK, vb. to emit a hollow and uninterrupted sound.  Jamieson,
    Ayr.  O.N. klunka, Norse klunka, to emit a gurgling sound. 
    O. Sw. klunka, Eng. clink shows umlaut.

CLYFFT, sb. a cleft, a fissure.  Wallace, VII, 859.  Norse klyft,
    kluft, Ic. kluft, Sw. klyfta, Dan. kloft.  See also
    Skeat under cleft, and B.S. cluft.  The Sco. word like the
    M.E. exhibits the umlaut which has taken place in some places
    in Norway and Sweden.