Part 169 (2/2)

1 Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S B

2 niggardly and severe in dealing, S B

Isl _klok-r_, callidus, vafer; Ger_, id

CLEUCK, CLUKE, _s_

1 A claw or talon

_Lyndsay_

2 Used figuratively for the hand Hence _cair-cleuck_, the left hand, S B

_Morison_

Perhaps a dimin from Su G _klo_, Teut _klauwe_, a claw or talon

_To_ ~Cleuck~, ~Cleuk~, _v a_ To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd

_Forbes_

CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part

_Barbour_

_Cleue_ seems to be the same with Germ _kleve_, A S _clif_, clivus

_To_ CLEVER, _v n_ To climb, to scramble A Bor id

_King's Quair_

Teut _klaver-en_, _klever-en_, sursuuibus fixis, Isl

_klifr-a_, id

CLEVERUS, _adj_ Clever

V ~Cleuch~

CLEVIS, Leg _clevir_, i e clover

_Maitland Poems_