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18 HAMPSHIRE GLOSSARY. Clever [klevur], adv. straight (1). It is used thus : ' I went clever to Brighton,*— *V. and Q. Ist Ser. x. 400. Clim [klim], v. to cliuib. *Ak. Clinker [klin-kur], sh. a blow. Clinkers [klin'kurz], sh. pi. bricks burnt very hard, and not fit to be placed with others. So called from the noise they make when struck. cut [klit], adj. clotted, close. Ex. * I would sow grass-seeds, but the ground will be diV — Grose. [The example is from Grose, who assigTia no meaning ; the meaning is given by Dr. Curry, in MS. additions to Grose, where we find, * ditty, clotted, dose.' — W. W. S.] ditches fklich'uz], sb. pi. the chinks in the boles of beech- trees. — I^, Hants, wise. Clittery, or Clnttery [klit-uri, klut*uri], adj. said of weather*; change- able weather, inclinable to be stormy. — Grose ; E. M. Clivers [klivurz], sb. pi. cleavers, goose-grass, Galium aparine. — Wise, New Forest, p. 166. See Clyders. Clo [kloa], sb. a box on the ear. Contracted probably from clout. — Adams' WykeJiamica, p. 420. [Or fit)m daw ; Qt clapper-dauK — W. W. S.] Clocking [klok'in], sb. the sound made by falling, gurgling water. — Wise, New Forest, p. 186. C£ to duck. Close [kloas], adv. hard, sharp. Ex. ' It hits dose,* i. e. it Lits hard. — ^Wise, New Forest. Clout [klout], sb. a box on the ear. *Ak. Com. Clow [klou]. See Clo. Clum [klum], to handle roughly or clumsily. A.S. dom, a band, &c. ^Ak. Clumpet [klump'it], sb. a clod of earth. — K H. Clung [klungj, adj. hard, as wood when it has become dry and tough. — N. H. Clutch [kluch], culj. close. Ex. * He holds it quite clutch.* — Cooper. Cluttery. See Clittery. Clyders [klei'durz], sb. Galium aparine. — Wise. See Clivers. Coaching [koach'in], part, drinking beer in the harvest-fields. — ^2V. and Q. 1st S. x. 400. Coal-shoot [koal-shoot], sb. a coal-scuttle. — J. Coary [koar-r'i], adj. ' About the middle of a field near me, there runs a vein of black, coary, and yet dry earth.' — Lisle, i p. 28. I have inquired of farmers and labourers for the meaning of this word, but the sense seems to be lost. — ^W. H. C. Coathe, or Cothe [koadh], v. to cause a disease in sheep. 'The springs in the New Eorest are said to cothe the sheep, i. e. to disease their livers.'— Wise, New Forest, From A.S. c6^u, disease.