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单词 clat
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clatn.1

Etymology: With sense 1, compare Danish klat blot, splash of dirt; also clot n., clod n. Sense 2 may be quite distinct, and possibly related to claut n.
dialect.
1. A clod, a clot of dirt, esp. of cow-dung.
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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.
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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

Etymology: < clat v.1
dialect.
a. Noisy talk, tittle-tattle, clatter.
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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.
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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

Etymology: ? short for clatter v. Compare chat, chatter.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
1. ? To rattle, strike noisily. Obsolete.
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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’.
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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

/klat/
Forms: Also clad, clatt.
Etymology: < clat n.1 1.
dialect.
(See quot. 1838.)
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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.
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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).
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