† cloe, v. Obs. north. dial.
[a. ON. klá (Sw. klå, Da. klöe) str. vb., earlier form klaga, klaha, pa. tense kló-, klógom, pa. pple. klegenn, to scratch, to claw an itching place; prob. connected with kló claw, the relation of which to the stem of claw n. and v. is uncertain.]
= claw v. 3.
| ? a 1400 Chester Pl. 186 With this crocket camrocke your backes I shall cloe. |