▪ I. cludder, n. Obs. or dial.
(ˈklʌdə(r))
Also 9 dial. cluther.
[A variant of clodder: cf. the vb. See also clutter n.]
† 1. A clotted or jelly-like mass; = clodder. Obs.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Man. Hh iij, It wyll be concreet & congeyled in a cludder lyke a lyuer. |
2. A crowd, heap, cluster; = clutter. dial.
| 1855 Whitby Gloss. s.v., A rare cluther o' money. 1868 Atkinson Cleveland Gloss., Cludder, Cluther, a cluster, close group: a large quantity, or mass of anything, gathered together. 1876 Mid Yorksh. Gloss. s.v., There was a bonny cludder of folks. |
▪ II. ˈcludder, v.
Also 9 dial. cluther.
[A variant of clodder: cf. the n. See also clutter v.]
† 1. intr. To run into clots, coagulate. cluddered ppl. a., coagulated, run together, lumpy.
| 1545 T. Raynalde Byrth Man. Hh iij, It [blood] congeyleth and cludderith together. Ibid. 77 Whiche before were constricte and cluddered together. 1572 J. Jones Bathes Buckstone 15 a, Matter, cluddered, lomped, or bagged, in any..part. |
2. dial. To crowd, heap, or cluster together.
| 1855 Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘They were all cluther'd up.’ 1873 Swaledale Gloss., Cludder, to crowd. 1877 Holderness Gloss., Cluther, to gather in a crowd. |