单词 | clat |
释义 | clatn.1 dialect. 1. A clod, a clot of dirt, esp. of cow-dung. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > clod clouta1250 gluga1382 clotc1400 clodc1440 glebea1513 turf1607 clat1628 1628 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (1629) 35 Wormes crawling and creeping vpon a clat or clod of clay. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 49 A dry March for the clat-harvest was considered very desirable. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 27 Clats..the dung of cattle as fuel..collected from the pastures at the close of summer. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (2) Anything dirty or sticky, (4) Spoon meat. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Clat, var. pron. of ‘clot’ and ‘clod’, a spot or lump of dirt, soil, etc. Applied specially to the droppings of cattle. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Clat, a clod; a sod... Cow-clat, a dried cowdung... 3. A bunch of worms, having worsted drawn through them for clatting (catching eels). 4. A clot—as a clat o' blid. 2. ‘Seeds’ or pales sifted out of meal, bran. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > bran > [noun] sivedsc725 boltingsa1300 branc1325 paly1407 hullc1450 cribble bread1552 cheesyl1577 clat1595 seeds1595 chisel1607 hulkage1869 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Furfur, purgamentum farinæ: branne, clats, seids of meale. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. viii. 194 Bran or Clats of any Kind. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). clatn.2 dialect. a. Noisy talk, tittle-tattle, clatter. ΚΠ 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 108 Howd the clat. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (E.D.S.) Clat, ridiculous or exaggerated talk. b. A tattler, tale-bearer; a noisy tongue. ΚΠ 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (E.D.S.) Clat, a tell-tale. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Clat, a tattler: a tale-bearer...A contemptuous term for a woman's tongue. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Clat, a tale-bearer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). † clatv.1 Obsolete exc. dialect. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 839 With kene clobbez of þat clos þay clatz on þe wowez [but ? error for clatre]. 2. To chatter, prate, tattle, ‘tell tales’. ΚΠ 1863 J. C. Atkinson Provinc. Danby Clat, to talk fast, with but little meaning: to chatter or prate. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Clat, to prate noisily. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Clat, to tattle; to propagate idle tales. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Clat, to tell tales of a person. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clatv.2 dialect. (See quot. 1838.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (transitive)] > manner, technique, or part beard1429 belt?1523 feazea1642 shirl1688 dag1706 tag1707 clat1838 tomahawk1859 rough1878 to open up1886 pink1897 crutch1915 barrow1933 slum1965 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms To clad, or clat, to cut off the locks of wool round a sheep's tail, which are clotted together with the dung of the animal. Derivatives ˈclatting n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > partial shearing bearding1484 crutching1837 clatting1844 tagginga1890 barrowing1949 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 600 In preparing ewes for lambing..the looker..removes with the shears the wool on their tail, udders, and inside of their thighs... This treatment [is] called clatting. 1884 L. F. Allen New Amer. Farm Bk. 436 Tagging or clatting is the removal of such wool as is liable to get fouled when the sheep are turned on to the fresh pastures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.11595n.21870v.1c1400v.21838 |
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