Clatering, clattering, B. 1515. Du. _klateren_, to rattle. Clatȝ, clash, clatter, B. 839. Ger. _klatschen_, to clap; _klatsch_, slap, clash. Clawres, claws, B. 1696. _Clawres_ is perhaps an error for _clawes_. It may, however, be another form of O.E. _clever_, _claver_, a claw. Du. _klaveren_, _kleveren_. N.Prov.E. _claiver_, to claw oneself up, to scramble. Clay, B. 312. _Clay_-daubed, B. 492. Clayme, call for, cry for, B. 1096. Cleche, receive, take, B. 12. “_Cleches_ to,” takes, lays hold of, B. 634. Sc. _cleik_, _clek_, _cluke_, claw, hook; _cleke_, _cleik_, catch, snatch. O.Sw. _klaencka_, to snatch, seize. Clef, cleft, split (_pret._ of _cleve_), B. 367. Clem, claim, A. 826. Cleme, daub, plaster with clay, B. 312. N.Prov.E. _cleam_. _Clam_, to daub, glue. S.Prov.E. _cloam_, earthenware; _clomer_, a potter. A.S. _clem_, _clám_, clay; _clæmian_, to _clam_, smear. “I stoppe thys ouyn wythowtyn dowte, With clay I _clome_ yt uppe ryght fast, That non heat cum [ther] owte.” --(The Play of the Sacrament, p. 132.) Clene, perfect, whole, B. 1731. Clenge, cling, stick, B. 1034. Dan. _klynge_, to cluster, crowd. S.Prov.E. _clunge_, to crowd, squeeze; _clungy_, sticky. Clente, clenched, fastened, A. 259. Cf. _queynte_ = quenched, _dreynte_ = drenched. Clepe, to call, B. 1345. A.S. _clypian_. {Cler, Clere,} clear, A. 2, 207; bright, A. 620, 735; plain, B. 26. Clergye, learning, B. 1570. Clerkeȝ, clerks, scholars, B. 193. Clernes, clearness, beauty, B. 1353. Cleþe, clothe, B. 1741. {Cleȝt, Clyȝt,} = clutched, fastened, (_p.p._ of _cleche_), B. 858; fixed, B. 1655. Clobbeȝ, clubs, B. 839. Clos, enclosure, house, B. 839. Clos, closed, A. 183; B. 12. Closed, enclosed, B. 310. Clot, mount, hill, A. 789. In the “Owl and Nightingale,” 999, we find _clude_, a hill. A.S. _clúd_. Low Ger. _kloot_, a hill. Clot, soil, earth, A. 22, 320. Du. _klot_, _klotte_, clod, clot. Clotteȝ, clods, A. 857. Cloþ, sail, C. 105. {Cloutes, Clowteȝ,} pieces, B. 367, 965. Cloystor, cloister, A. 969. Cluchche, clutch, B. 1541. Clustered, B. 367, 951. See T. B. 1647. Clutte, clouted, patched (?), B. 40. A.S. _clút_, a clout. Clyde, plaister (?), B. 1692. A.S. _clitha_. Cf. “_Clyte_, _clete_, or vegge (_clete_ or wegge, K.) cuneus.” (Prompt. Parv.) Clyffe, cliff, A. 159; B. 405, 965. Clyket, clicket, latch, B. 858. Prov. Fr. _cliche_, a latch, bolt. _Clyket_ of a dore, _clicquette_. (Palsgrave.) Clynge, wither, decay, A. 857. A.S. _clingan_. Clyppe, fasten, B. 418. A.S. _clyppan_, to embrace. “I wold yonder worthy weddit me hade, So comly, so cleane to _clippe_ uppon nightes.” --(T. B. 474.) Clypper, shearer, A. 802. {Clyue, Clyuy,} cleave, cling to, B. 1630, 1692. Du. _kleeven_, _klijven_, to fasten. A.S. _clífan_. Clyuen, cleave, A. 1196. Clyȝt, clutched, stuck, B. 1692. Cnawe, know, acknowledge, C. 519.