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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clock, v.1 [f. clock Clok n.1 Cf. Cloke v.] tr. To cloak, cover up, disguise.1562-3 Winȝet I. 77/2.
Euir clockand ȝour apperand malice … be the name of Papistrie 1558-66 Knox II. 339.
So are wicked men permitted to live wickedlie, clocked and defended by that odious idoll 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 10.
[Thai] … raised the first trubles, clock it now as they pleis 1666 Cromarty Corr. I. 17.
Your Lordship will find but sillie discourses … to see iff it will clock westrie and misdeminours
