Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

CLING, n. “The diarrhœa in sheep” (Lth., Rxb. 1825 Jam.²). See also first quot. s.v. Breakshugh.Peb. 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. Peebles 401–402:
Diarrhœa, or Cling, or Breakshaw, is a looseness, or violent purgation, which sometimes seizes sheep after a hard winter, when they are too rashly put upon young succulent grass. .