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clarty, a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈklɑːtɪ|
[f. clart n., or ? v. + -y1.]
Besmeared with sticky dirt; of the nature of sticky dirt, dirty, nasty.
a1586Maitland Poems in Pinkerton Sc. Poems (1786) 185 (Jam.) Thay man be buskit up lyk brydis..With clarty silk about thair taillis. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxviii. 236 Clarty cod. 1789Burns Lines on Appointm. to Excise, Och, hon! the day! That clarty barm should stain my laurels. 1816Scott Antiq. xxvi, Their old sluttish proverb, ‘The clartier the cosier.’ 1845Whitehall xlv. 317 ‘Kneel yourself, if you want clarty hose,’ replied Joyce.
b. Sticky, viscous or unctuous. north. Eng.
1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Clarty, unctuous as honey, smeary. 1876― (E.D.S.), Clarty-ball, treacle- or sugar-ball. 1877N.W. Lincoln. Gloss., Clarty, dirty, sticky.
c. in various transf. and fig. senses.
1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 47 Other clarty tricks he played. 1876Whitby Gloss., Clarty, mean, or of little consequence. Clarty bills, petty amounts. 1883Good Cheer 3 One of the clartiest storms I ever was in. |