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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.
