, -aib, m., the full open mouth (used contemptuously); a thick lip; dún do chlab, shut up, hold your tongue.

, -aighe, a., thick-lipped, wide-mouthed, garrulous.

, g. id., f., open-mouthedness, wide mouthedness; clabaidheacht, id.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a babbler; the clapper of a mill; the inverted cup through which the churndash passes; dim. clabairín, id.

, -a, f., talk, babble.

, -air, m., sour thick milk; bainne clabair, id.

, -air, m., filth, dirt, mire, mud. See <<clabar>>.

, -aighe, a., dirty, filthy.

, -air, m., reed; long, seedless straw (P. O'C.).

, -aigh, m., reed. See <<clabhascar>>.

, -óige, -óga, f., a blubber-lipped, open-mouthed person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a babbler.

, -uis, pl. id., m., purple mountain saxifrage (C.); chrysos plenium.

, -ail, pl. id., m., a column of a book; one column of a page; ins an chéad clabhsal, in the first column (L. B.).

, -áin, m., grumbling, complaining.

, -air, m., a cloister; an awkward person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a village or townland in which the parish church is built; a burying ground; originally a druidical circle of stones for pagan worship.

, a fence, etc. See <<claidhe>>.

, m., the chimney-beam or mantle-tree of a chimney; also, the side-beam of a car; we say, cladh simné and cladh or leath-chladh cairr (P. O'C.).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., the seashore, the beach; a flat shore, a haven.

, -aighe, a., dirty, filthy, miry.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, a sluggard, a thief, a rogue, a coward, a rascal, a scoundrel.

, -a, f., cowardice, laziness, roguery, rascality.

, -rt, v. tr., I toss about, roll in the dirt.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a burr, a flake (also cnadán).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a fence-like pile of stones.

, -air, m., the cross-beam that supports the chimney-breast. (P. O'C. writes it cladhard, but the d is not heard in Ker., at least.). See <<cladh>> and <<calabhar>>.

, indec. a., cowardly, lazy, idle, villainous.

, -mhúir, pl. id., m., a raised mound.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a very rocky recess on a hill-top (Ker.).

, f., a fence-like nose; a strong, prominent nose.

See <<clog>>, etc.

See <<clog>>, etc.

See <<clog>>, etc.

, -aighe, a., cackling.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a stunner.

, -gtha, m., act of stunning.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fish after shedding its spawn (O'N.)

, -air, m., heavy rain. (This word is used in Ker., but is unknown in parts of W. Cork, where clagarnach is used; it is used in Ballyvourney.)

, -aighe, f., heavy rain; noise, as of heavy rain falling; an chlagarnach dhonn go trom ag túirling, while the brown rain poured down in torrents (C. M.); tá sé ag clagarnaigh, it is raining very heavily; tá sé ag clagarnach báistighe, it is pattering rain (Mon.).

, -úin, pl. id., m., a flagon; a lid.

, -e, f., prate, talk; chatter.

, -sighe, a., talkative, prating; officious.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a lid; a wooden cup with a hole, through which the handle of a churn-dash passes to prevent splashing when churning; a little mouth; a bottle-clapper; a tap; a door-latch.

, g. id., pl. -acha and cladhthacha (usually the latter pl. in M., in Con. pl. claidhmhthe), m., a fence; often a stone fence.

, g. -dhimh, pl. -dhmhe and -dhmhthe, m., a sword.

, -iughadh, v. intr., I dig, excavate, fence.

m., a digging, fencing, excavating.

, -a, f., hedge-haunting, loitering, idling.

, -e, f., the mange, itch, scurvy.

, g. id., f., leprosy, itch, scurvy; mange in sheep, etc.

, -mhighe, a., mangy, full of itch.

, -a, f., the mange; leprosy.

, g. id., m., a rough noise, as the gnashing of teeth.

, -righe, f., the hair of a dog, etc.; c. gabhair, "goat's hair"; ragged clouds portending rain (Aran). See <<cluimhreach>>.

, -righ, -righe, m., a scorbutic person, a leper (O'N.).

, -éid, m., claret (O'N.).

, -ain, pl. id., m., the forehead.

, -aighe, a., broad-browed, full-faced.

, f., a prominent large foretooth; a fang (fiacal, -ail, genly. m. in M. sp. l).

, -áradh, v. tr., I divide (of spoil or prey).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little board, a lath; a horn-book.

, -nigh, -nighe, m., a cripple, a dwarf; a clareman.

, -nighe, a., crippled, lame.

, -a, f., acting the cripple.

, g. -sighe, pl. -seacha, f., a harp (pron. clársach, Don.).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a harper.

, -a, f., harping.

, g. -e, pl. -eanna and -eacha, f., a drain, sewer; a furrow, a gravel-pit, a hollow; a valley; a streas, a stripe; a choir; a quarter (as of a beast, etc.); leath-chlais, the half-furrow at one side of a potato-bed, as distinguished from clais, the whole furrow between two beds (M.).

, -ail, m., a singing of hymns; united harmony.

, -sighe, a., worn into furrows; full of pits or drains.

, -asadh, v. tr., I dig, entrench.

, -leithne, a., wide-grooved.

, -aimhe, a., mangy; despicable, wretched.

, -aimh, pl. id., m., a jest, a joke.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lazar, a leper; a scratcher (applied contemptuously to a child crying, M.); a wretch; a diminutive person, as c. beag millte (somet. used for cneamhaire).

, -a, f., mange, scab, leprosy; scratching, itching; crying, squealing.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a buzzard; any shabby or mangy-looking bird.

, -air, m., a rough, grating noise.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a clamp for turf heaps, etc.; a clamp; a row-lock (Ker.); glamba (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mischief-maker, a cheat.

, -air, pl. id., m., a wrangling, dispute; idle talk, deceit, slander; confusion; a difficulty.

, -aighe, a., litigious, wrangling, fraudful.

, -aidh, m., a scratching, an itching, a shrug; mange, scab.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a scabby wretch; an insignificant fellow; a term used for a restless, crying child (Ker.).

, -ais, m., a bawling, chiding, grumbling (O'N.).

(clamhsaim)

, -sadh, v. tr., I scratch, itch, shrug.

, g. id., pl. -acha, m., an alley, a narrow lane, a close.

, -áin, m., the act of complaining; complaints; thosuigh sé ar ghiúin chlamhsáin, he set up a complaining cry (U.). See <<clabhsán>>.

, m., a kind of mess; rough kitchen bread (Don.); cf. Franncaigh ag rith ar chlamhstra (O'Ra.); clamhstraidhe bróg, ungainly shoes (Ker.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a blow with the open hand; a clout.

, -ála, f., beating with the open hand; clouting.

, -óige, -óga, f., a little blow with the open hand.

, g. -ainne and -oinne, pl. clanna, f., race, children; sept, breed, progeny; duine clainne, a child; an bhfuil aoinne clainne aca? have they any child? clann is used even of one child; clann mhac, male descendants; clann inghean, female descendants; ag iomchur clainne, pregnant.

, -aighe, a., fruitful, prolific; hanging in locks, luxuriant (of the hair).

, -aighe (= claonagach?), a., crooked, dishonest (Don.).

, f., a clan, a sept, a tribe; male issue, posterity, descendants.

, g. id., f., fruitfulness, fertility, the state of being prolific.

, -aire, a., fruitful, prolific, having issue.

, -ughadh, v. intr., to have carnal intercourse, to beget children.

, -a, m., act of changing; alteration, change; reflection; conquest, suppression.

, -lódh. See claochluighim.

See claochluighim, -lódh, v. tr. and intr., I repent; turn, change, vary; oppress, destroy, cancel, annihilate.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fugitive; a simpleton.

, -dheadh, v. tr. and intr., I defeat, oppress, destroy; with le, I cling to, stick to.

, p. a., defeated, oppressed, ruined; reduced in physical condition, worn out.

, -tighe, a., subduing, defeating.

, -a, f., weakness, want of power, debility.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., an oppressor; a conqueror (also, a weak, delicate person).

, -bhreithe, f., a false or prejudiced judgment.

, -aighe, a., prejudiced, partial in judgment.

, v. tr., I gaze wantonly on.

, g. id., f., bias, prejudice, partiality, prononess; a bending, a stooping; inclination.

, -a, f., partiality in hearing.

, -e, f., a squinted glance, a perverse or wanton gaze (also claoin-fhéacain).

, -oine, a., perverse, partial, prejudiced; inclined to do a thing; falling down freely; bending down.

, g. -oin, pl. -ta, m., deceit, perversity, prejudice, intrigue; inclination towards; tarraing ó chlaon, a departing from error.

, -nta, m., act of inclining; bending, declining, turning away, perverting; perversion; deviation; propensity; derogation.

, -adh, v. intr., I decline, bend, turn away; incline, lean.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an unjust or biassed person.

, -áirde, a., steep, inclining.

, m., an inclining steep; a crick in the neck.

, m., mortification.

, -adh, v. tr., I mortify.

, -aighe, a., perverse.

, -lighe, a., squint-eyed.

, p. a., bent, inclined, perverse, partial, prejudiced, claontadhacht (claontacht), -a, f., aptness, disposition, prejudice.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a cloister. See <<clabhstar>> and clamhstra.

, -óige, -óga, f., a leap; a kiss; a slap on the hand or face.

, m., morning or evening twilight.

, pl. clára and cláracha, dpl. cláraibh and clárachaibh, m., a level surface, a plain; a board, a table; a lid; a programme, a catalogue; a flat country, a large district; clár Banbhan, clár Fódla, clár Luirc, etc., names for Ireland; clár éadain, forehead; clár m'éadain, my forehead; clár scéithe, the mould-board of a plough.

, -aighe, a., bare, bald; made of boards; belonging to the county Clare; broad-faced.

, -ighthe, m., a title-page.

, g. id., m., a lid, a cover.

, -aighe, a., splay-footed.

, m., an index; table of contents.

, m., a glossary.

, m., a cover of a churn.

, -óige, -óga, f., a small table; the bottom of a car or cart.

, m., a plank of a boat.

, m., a board to edge a scythe with; a scythe-board.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a clasp (A.).

, -ughadh, v. intr. and tr., I make furrows, I trench; I make hollows in the sand as salmon do for spawning clé, a., left (opp. to right); left-handed; awkward, sinister, wicked (used as a prefix in this sense).

, -air, m., a cleaver (A.).

, -a, m., habit, practice.

, -aighe, a., used, accustomed (to, le).

, -ttha, m., wont, habit, practice, experience.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I am wont, am accustomed to; I practise, use, cherish.

, -mhla, a., usual, habitual, customary.

, -ais, m., habit, fashion, custom, mannerism.

, p. a., accustomed; tá mé c. leis, I am accustomed to it.

, m., a son-in-law. See <<cliamhain>>.

, -aighe, a., having sons-in-law or connections by marriage.

, -ais, m., marriage, affinity; alliance by marriage.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I make a marriage, match or alliance with (le).

, -aighe, a., familiar (O'N.).

, -a, f., familiarity.

, -a, pl. id. and -anna, and clis, m., a play, a game, sport; a feat, device, trick; craft; art, science; cleas do dhéanadh, cleas d'imirt ar, to play a trick on; an cleas céadna do dhéanamh leis, to do the same thing with it, to treat it in the same manner.

, -aighe, a., tricky, wily, playful; ingenious.

, -a, f., sport, pastime.

, -a, f., playing, pastime, illusion, sleight-of-hand, frolic, subtility, trick.

, -aidh, m., device; sport, game, amusement, sleight; acting. juggling.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., an artful man, an actor, a juggler, a quack, a mountebank; a tugger (Om.).

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I sport, play, gambol, perform feats.

, -a, -anna, m., a prince, a chieftain.

, -eithe, -eatha, f., a goad, a wattle, pole, stake; a fishing-rod; cleath thiomána, a goad;

, a short stick with a knob.

, -aighe, a., ribbed, composed of wattle-work.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a rogue, a rustic, a sturdy beggar. See <<cleithire>>.

, -a, f., rusticity, boldness.

, -air, pl. id., m., a stake, a pole; a pile or post; fig., a prince, a chief.

, -ála, f., a severe beating, a dressing, a flogging.

, m., a planting of trees; hence the correlative or collateral branches of a pedigree (P. O'C.).

, in phr. tá mo chleatracha ar leathadh, my bosom is exposed.

See <<cliar>>.

, -cighe, a., clerical.

, -cigh, pl. id., m., a clergyman; a clerk.

, -a, f., clerkship; partnership.

, -cis, m., the act of making up accounts, bookkeeping, clerkship; cléireachas, id.

, -righ, pl. id., dpl. -rchibh, m., a cleric, a clerk, an accountant, a scrivener, a notary, a secretary.

, -a, f., the state of a clergyman; clerkship, scholarship, accountantship.

See <<cleath>>.

, g. id., pl. -eacha, f., an oar.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a feather, quill, plume; a pen, quill-pen; ainm chleite, a pen-name.

, -tighe, a., plumy, downy, feathery, flaky, craggy.

, -tigh, m., coll., wings.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a quillet; met., a thin or lazy person.

, -áil, v. tr., I knit (Don.).

, -ais, m., dependence (Con.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a penthouse; the eaves of a house.

, -oige, -oga, f., a little quill or feather.

, -oige, -oga, f., movable bottom of a creel.

, -iughadh v. tr., I plume or feather.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a breast, a chest. See <<cliath>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the eaves of a house; the wattles or ribs of a house-roof (O'N.).

, -a, f., wattling or lathing a house-roof (O'N.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sturdy person; a large, strong animal; anything strong and vigorous; cleitire scadáin, a large herring; cleithire capaill, a strong horse; cleithire bacaigh, a strong, stout beggar; cleithire maide, a strong, stout stick. See <<cleathaire>>.

, -air, m., a private grudge.

, m., a goad.

(or cleith-taobh)

, in house-roofing, the bars over the taobháin (or longtitudinal crossbars) to support the scraith (or fibrous sod, generally heath). See <<cleitín>>.

, -aighe, a., left-handed.

, -oidhe, -odha, f., a horse-fly.

, -air, m., a horse-fly (Meath).

, g. id., f., chest, ribs, stomach, heart; the ribs of a boat; a successor (O'N.).

, left-handed, etc. See clé.

, g. cléibh, pl. id., m., a basket, a creel; a breast, bosom, chest, ribs.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a wolf, a fox.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a cradle, a basket, a cage; cliabhán éin, a bird crib.

, g. -aigh, pl. -aighe or -acha, m., the breast; the side or trunk of the body; cliabhradh, id.

, g. cleamhna, pl. cleamhnacha, cliamhnacha, m., son-in-law.

, g. cléire, d. cléir, f., a band, a company; the clergy; the bards; strolling singers (nom. genly. cléir).

, a bundle of reeds made by fishermen and burned on St. John's Eve.

, -aighe, a., belonging to the clergy, bards, etc.; having a large retinue.

, -a, f., bardship; psalmody.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a bard, a minstrel, a songster.

, -léithe, -liatha, f., a hurdle, the treadles of a loom; a man's chest or side; the darning of a stocking; apparatus for keeping a poultice or bandage in its place; a plaster; a plate; a harrow; a spear, a pike; also cliath fhuirsidhe or fuirste, a harrow; c. láimhe, a hand-harrow; cliath fuaghála, sprig work, darning work; cliath seoil, loom-tackling; cliath chatha, a body of men engaged in battle; cliath sheanchais, a genealogical table.

, -thta, pl. id., m., a harrow.

, -thta, m., the copulation of certain animals, as boars, etc.; cliathaim is the corresponding verb (better clighim, from coileach and cullach, P. O'C., wrongly).

, -thadh, v. tr., I harrow.

, -mhla, a., strong, stout, having a strong chest, stout-hearted.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the side; one side of the chest or breast of an animal; the ribs; the breast; the side (of a hill); cliathán an bhóthair, the roadside; a small hurdle.

, -óige, -óga, f., a hurdle; the chine or back.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a harrower, one who makes hurdles.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a soft, swampy spot, passable only by means of hurdles.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a person or thing merely hanging together (Don.).

, f., a weaver's tackling. See <<cliath>>.

, f., a hurdle.

, -e, -eacha, f., an excrescence; anything that dangles or hangs loosely from another; a tag, a tatter, a bush of hair. See <<glib>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a dewlap; anything dependent from another; a bush of hair; a piece, a segment, a fragment; a little nag (Don.); a colt (O'N.). See <<glibín>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., a tumult, noise, prattle; peevishness.

, -sighe, a., tumultuous, noisy; peevish.

, -e, -eacha, f., a leathern bottle, a water budget (also cilfing, older form).

, -e, -eacha, f., a peal of bells; a chime, a knell.

, -nighe, a., sounding like a bell; resonant.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a bell-ringer.

See <<gliobach>>.

, -óige, -óga, f., a colt, a filly; a coltish trick or gambol; a person with long untidy hair.

See <<gliobóg>>.

, -a, -aidhe (clíc, Don.), m., a hook.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a person wasted from sickness (M.); a famous M. fairy.

, -air, pl. id., m., a croaking, a croak.

, vl. -gar, v. intr., I croak.

, -artha, f., the "strippings" of a cow.

, -aighe, a., bouncing, rattling, skipping.

(cliosc)

, -aidh, pl. id., m., a bouncing, a starting, a sparring.

, -aigh pl. id., m., a frame, a skeleton (Ker.).

, -air, m., a rattling noise, clatter; cliotaráil, act of rattling, making a noise (M.).

, g. id., pl. -eacha, f., a barbed or hooked spear used in fishing; a hook, a snare (Ker. and elsewhere).

, -éid, -éadaidhe, m., the little cloth or leathern covering used to protect a weak or injured eye; a person (usually of females) whoso hair is always unkempt, and hanging carelessly over the eyes.

, -e, -eacha, f., a throb, a start, a surprise.

, -sighe, a., skittish; apt to start.

, -ste, m., trembling through fear (U.).

, p. a., startled, frightened.

, -seadh, v. intr., I fail in a thing; it surpasses me; do chlis sé orm é dhéanamh, it surpassed me to do it, I failed to do it; má chliseann ort, if you fail; do chlis na fataidhe, the potatoes failed (Con.) (also do loic na fataidhe).

, -seadh, v. intr., I start, jump, skip; clisim féin as an chodladh chéadna, I start out of the same sleep (Art MacC.); chliseas Garaidh suas fá'n gháir, Garaidh starts up at the shout (Don. Oss. poem).

, indec. a., expert, dexterous, skilled, active.

, indec. a., frightened, startled (U.). See <<clisighthe>>.

, -a, f., skill, dexterity.

, -tigh, -tighe, m., the keel of a ship (Ker.); fig., the bowels, the heart (O'Ra.) See <<cliotach>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a thin or narrow-chested person.

See <<clú>>.

, -tighe, a., famous, renowned.

, -a, f., renown, fame (O'N.).

, -aighe, a., famous, renowned.

See <<clódh>>.

, -a, m., a pair of tongs (commonly tlobh or tlú in sp. l.).

, g. cloiche, pl. clocha, f., a stone; a stone weight; a testicle; cloch leabaidh and cloch rádail, upper and lower millstone (Om.); cloch na súile, the pupil of the eye.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a cloak (A.).

, -aighe, a., stony.

, -chta, m., act of stoning, paving.

, -aighe, a., stony-hearted.

, -adh, v. tr., I stone, I pave.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stone-cutter, a stone-mason.

, -a, f., masonry, quarrying.

, -mhla, a., stone-like, heavy as stone.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a ruin, remains of an old fort; a heap of stones; stopping stones; a causeway; a pavement; clochán na bhFómhorach, the Fomorians' causeway, a name for the Giants' Causeway in Antrim.

, f., limestone.

, -air, pl. id., m., a stony region, a rocky shore.

, -air, pl. id., m., an assembly, congregation, college; a convent; an ecclesiastical structure; a stone church, e.g. Clochar Dúiligh, St. Dolough's, near Dublin; cf. also Clochairín, near Killarney.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a conventualist, a hermit; also a bird called wheat ear (Achill).

, -áin, m., stepping-stones across a stream; paving.

, indec. a., set with stones, stony.

, -aigh, m., a wheezing in the throat. See <<glothar>> and <<glocharnach>>.

, f., a headstone, a tombstone.

, f., a hone, a whetstone; a sharpening-stone; a scythe-stone.

, f., the gravel.

, f., sandstone.

, f., sulphate of copper.

, m., stone-coal, coal.

, f., a grinding-stone; c. líobhtha, id.

, f., a millstone.

, f., a top or headstone.

, f., the stone of destiny. See Lia Fáil.

, f., the apple of the eye.

, -óige, -óga, f., a tract of land full of boulder stones (Mayo, etc.).

, indec. a., golden-jewelled.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bird called the stone-chatter; stepping-stones across a ford.

, f., a rolling stone.

, m., rock-salt.

, f., a precious stone.

, indec. a., stony.

, f., a loadstone.

, pl. clocha teineadh, f., flint.

, g. cloiche uaisle, pl. clocha uaisle, f., a precious stone.

(cló)

, m., act of conquering, subjugation, defeat; variety, change.

, -a, m., a nail or spike.

, -a, m., stamp, type, print, impression made by nail or style on wood, etc.; mould, form, appearance, character; cur i gclódh, to print; i gcl. bacaigh, in the garb of a beggar (the word clódh has a wide, if vague, application in poet. to the person, form, appearance, mould, character, etc.); fá chlódh, in type, printed; bualadh fá chlódh, to print; tharraing siad a chlódh, they drew a portrait of him (Om.); níl ann acht an clódh, he is reduced to a skeleton.

, -aighe, a., dirty, muddy, stringy; also cladach.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a printer (also written clódóir).

, -adh, v. tr., I print, stamp.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a printer; villainy, guile.

, -a, f., printing; deception, guile.

, -aigh m., dirt, mud, slime.

, a pool of water (with uisce).

, -bhualadh, v. tr., I print, stamp.

, p. a., printed.

, -ailte, m., a printing, a stamping.

See clódhbhuailte.

, -air, m., a vertigo, a disease more than usually common among printers.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I print, stamp.

, g. cluig, pl. id., m., a bell, a clock; ceathair a chlog, four o'clock; cad a chlog é? what o'clock is it? cé mhéad a chlog é? (Con.).

, -luig, pl. id., m., a blister, a bubble; a cluster, a bunch.

, -aighe, a., stunning, deafening (also clagach).

, -aighe, a., blistering; rising up in bubbles as a fluid.

, -aid, pl. id. and -ada, m., a helmet, a head-piece; a cone, a measure.

, -e, -idhe, f., a helmet.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I ring or sound a bell; I stun with noise.

, -adh, v. tr., I blister; I become covered with blisters; I rise in bubbles.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, a sexton, a bellman.

, -a, f., the ringing of bells; the creating of a deafening or stunning noise.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little bell; a small clock.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small blister; a little bubble on fluid.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little bell: c. cléireach, the little bell rung by the acolyte (clerk) at Mass, etc.; an empty, noisy person (Meath).

, -aigh m., a noise, a ringing of bells, a tinkling, a stunning sound.

, -áis, pl. id., m., a belfry (also clogás).

, -aide, -aididhe, f., a gnomon, the hand of a dial or clock.

, -nigh, pl. id., m., a stamping, marking; as a., stamping, marking, imprinting, lithographing.

, -a, pl. id., m., a printed permission, a passport.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shrimp, a prawn; a crab-fish, or any little stone-fish; cloicheog, id.

, g. id., -idhe, m., a pebble, a small stone.

, -righe, -reacha, f., a stony place.

, g. id., pl. id. and clocha-shneachta, m., hailstone (nom. also -tadh, g. -taidh).

, m., act of digging, erecting. See <<claidhighim>>.

See <<claidheamh>>. (The word is pron. cloidheamh in M.)

, -ginn, pl. id., dpl. cloignibh, m., also -gne, f., the skull, the head; the head of a spoon or ladle; one (in reckoning persons, U.); aon chloigeann déag, eleven persons; deich gcloigne (gclaigne), ten persons.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little bell; an ear-bob or ear-pendant; clotted or caked dung hanging from the tails and hind quarters of sheep about May; also, a little blister, a small bubble.

, -nighe, a., belonging to little bells, bobs, or pendants; belonging to curled or frizzled hair.

, f., the act of denouncing from the altar, scolding (Don.); noise; the ringing of little bells.

, m., the hour-hand or finger of a dial-plate.

, -nighe, a., pertaining to skulls.

, -áin, pl. id. m., a blockhead.

, -thighe, -thighthe, m., a belfry, a round tower.

, -e, -eacha, f., the stinking marsh, or horse-tail (O'N.).

, -éid, pl. id., m., a closet, a study.

, f., act of hearing, listening (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a closet; dim. of clós.

, act of hearing, listening. See <<do-chluinim>>.

, -oige, -oga, f., a shrimp, a prawn.

, g. id., m., a pair of tongs; an instrument to dress flax. See <<clobh>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an earth-chestnut or pignut. See cularán.

, act of hearing, listening; also p. a. of do-chluinim, was heard.

, a small out-office, a yard (M.).

, g. id., m. and f., praise, fame, renown.

, -ana, f., flattery, dissimulation; lucht cluana, flatterers; a trick, deception; an fear a chuir cluain ar an mbás, the man who tricked death (name of Mon. folktale).

, g. cluana, pl. -anta and -inte, f., a meadow, pasture land; common in place names, as Cluain Meala, Clonmel; na Cluainte, Cluens, a townland in Co. Cork.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a coaxer, a wheedler, a deceiver.

, -a, f., roguishness, flattery.

, -a, f., hypocrisy, dissimulation, deception, flattery, treachery.

, -líne, f., corn spurry.

, -a, f., deceit, crookedness, flattery.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a pulling of the ear; a box in the ear; a little ear; a kind of shell-fish with both sides hollow (Ker.).

, f., coltsfoot.

, -e, pl. id., f., an ear-ring.

, -aighe, a., flattering, deceitful.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a deceitful man; a flatterer, a hypocrite.

, -a, f., flattery, coaxing, deceit.

, -sighe, a., retired, remote.

, -óige, -óga, f., a retired place, a bower, a little meadow.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a flatterer, a jovial fellow (C. M.).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a cajoler, a flatterer.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a thistle, a sponge.

, -aighe, a., abounding in thistles.

, -aise, -a, f., an ear; a handle; chuir sé c. air féin, he listened intently; 'sé thugas im' chluasaibh liom, it is what I understood, as I understood it; ná déan é sin ar do chluais, don't do that for your life (if you value your ear); bain bárr na cluaise díom muna, I assure you in all confidence that (with neg.); alt na cluaise, the mastoid process behind the ear.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., one hard of hearing; one who has continually to "cock his ears" in order to hear.

, -aighe, a., having ears or handles; long-eared.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a person with remarkable hearing.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a pillow; a bothered or stupid person (Clare).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a blockhead; one having big ears.

, m., melancholy thistle.

, m., the hearing of pleasant sounds; delight obtained through the sense of hearing.

, f., wake robin, aurum maculatum.

, g. id., f., deafness.

, -aille, a., stupid, dull, deaf.

, -e, -idhe, f., an earring (O'N.).

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., an ear-ring. See <<cluas-fháil>>.

, m., a disease of the ears.

, -uiche, f., creeping mouse-ear, hierasium pilosella.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the soft tip of the ear.

, m., dodder.

, -úid, pl. id., m., a rag, a patch; sheltering; clothes, covering.

, -aigh, m., covering, clothes; act of clothing, covering; clúdach lae, wearing apparel; clúdach oidhche, nó leapthan, night covering, bed-clothes; clúdach litreach, an envelope.

, -dtha, m., act of covering, clothing.

, -dach and -adh, v. tr., I cover, thatch, clothe; cherish.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a thatcher; a botcher, a cobbler.

, -ughadh, and -dach and -dadh, v. tr., I cover, clothe, shelter.

(clúdtha)

, p. a., covered, protected, clothed, thatched.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a cluster, a bunch.

, -aighe, a., clustering.

, g. id., pl. cluichthe and -chidhe, m., a game at cards; a sport, a pastime; funeral games; a rite or ceremony; a rout, pursuit, a battle (O'N. has cluich, nom.); pron. cluife (Con.).

, -chighe, a., gamesome; playing tricks, indulging in pastimes.

, -mhla, a., sportive, ludicrous.

, g. id., pl. -chthe caointe, m., a funeral game, a tragedy.

, -oige, -oga, f., a little trick, a prank, a game.

, -a, f., playing of games; le ceol is le c. (Oss. poem).

, -cheadh, v. tr., I hunt, pursue, rout, run down.

, pl., funeral games or solemnities. See <<cluiche>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., a corner, an angle; clúid na súl, the corner of the eye; i gc. chirt, rightly proportioned (of the body); a nook; the arms, as a stay for a baby, etc.; a recess, a corner; protection; society.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a bell, a little bell; a prattler; a blockhead.

See <<cloigíneacht>>.

, -neacht, v. tr., I ring, make a tinkling noise with a bell, etc.

, -thighe, -thighthe, m., a belfry, a steeple (O'N.); also cloigtheach.

, a feathered flock, a flock of birds.

, f., a feather; id.

, -righe, f., feathers, plumage; ceo cluimhrighe, deplumation in a fight between birds (Don.); shaggy hair.

, v. irreg. (see parad.); v. tr., I hear, listen to. See <<do-chluinim>>.

, -e, -te, f., a mine (O'N.).

, -nigh, -nighe, m., a miner (O'N.).

, p. a., undermined (O'N.).

, -e, f., the act of hearing (U.); it becomes cluinstin in Don.

, p. a., heard, listened to.

, -tighe, a., listening, attentive.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a heaier, an auditor.

, -a, f., a hearing, a listening.

, -éid, -éadaidhe, m., the little covering used to protect a sore or weak eye. See <<clipéad>>.

, g. id., pl. -didhe, m., a corner; the pockets or folds in clothing.

. g. cluithe céilidhe = cuaird, a visit (O'N.). See <<cluiche>>.

, g. clúimh, pl. id., m. (collect.), feathers; down, plumage; hair on the face or other parts of the body (except the head).

, -aigh, m., down, plumage; fig., wealth, riches.

, -aighe, a., abounding in plumage or down; rich, wealthy.

, -aidh, m., support, protection (O'Ra.).

, -mhla, a., renowned.

, -adh, v. tr., I deplume, shear.

, -aire, a., famous, renowned.

, m., verdigris, rust, mildew.

, -aighe, a., feathered, downy, hairy.

, -úin, pl. id., m., aftermath of grass (Don.).

, -e, -idhe, m., an emaciated person or animal; one prematurely born (W. Ker.).

, -áin, pl. id., m. a dwarfish sprite (M.); also clutharacán.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., "sweet potato," a kind of nut or edible bulb found along river banks.

, -mhla, a., renowned, famous. See <<clúmhail>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a dwarfish sprite (M.).

, -aire, a., close, warm, comfortable, well-sheltered; uisce c., warm water (Don.); also clumhar.