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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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

†CLEARY, Cleiro, n. “A sharp noise; a shrill sound” (Sc. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl., cleiro).Sc. 1819 Lesley's March to Scot. in Hogg (ed.) Jacobite Relics I. 6:
March! march! down with supremacy And the kist fu' o' whistles, that maks sic a cleary.

[Cf. obs. Eng. clary, to clarion (N.E.D.).]

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