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▪ I. cletch, n. dial. Also clatch. [f. cleck v.: cf. bake, batch, etc. Cf. clutch n.2] A brood, a hatching (of chickens); contempt. a family.1691 Ray N.C. Words, Cletch, a Brood: as, a Cletch of Chickens. 1802 Paley Nat. Theol. Wks. 1830 IV. 161 Ten, fifteen, or twenty young birds may be produced in...
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cleck
cleck, v. Chiefly Sc. (klɛk) Also 5–6 clek. [a. ON. klekja, in Sw. kläcka, Da. klække to hatch. Cf. cletch.] 1. trans. Of birds: To hatch. Also absol.1500–20 Dunbar Schir, Ȝit Remembir 24 Kynd natyve nest dois clek bot owlis. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 388 Birdis clekkit as tha war wont till do. ...
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clutch
▪ I. clutch, n.1 (klʌtʃ) Forms: α. 3–6 cloke, β. Sc. 4– cluke, (5 clucke, 5– cluik, 7–8 clook, 8– cleuk). γ. 3–6 cloche, 6–7 clooch. δ. 5–6 clowch(e, 6–7 clouche, cloutch, 7 clowtch. ε. 7– clutch. [A word, or train of words, of difficult history. The earliest form exemplified is ME. clōke, Sc. clūke...
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