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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1922-1929

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CLOOT, v.2 To strike, slap (gen. the ears). Gen.Sc. Clout is dial. or colloq. in Mod.Eng. and is used in Sc. (see 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 34), but gen. indicates the pronunciation [klut].Sh.(D) 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 31:
For shame o' dysel, doo ill-speakin' pooshen 'at doo is. A'm seen da day 'at I wid 'a clootit dy lugs for dee.Abd. 1929 I. Greig in Sc. Readings (ed. T. W. Paterson) 50:
Eh, michty, a' the folk's recht big an' near like. I cud near cloot that wifie's lug.Lnk. 1928 W. C. Fraser Yelpin' Stane vi.:
Come oot o' that this very moment an' I'll cloot your chafts for ye.Dmf. 1925 W. A. Scott in Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. 21:
Stop that or I'll cloot yer lugs.

[Not in O.Sc., but for the earliest appearance of the n. in O.Sc. and of the v. in Mid.Eng., see etym. note to Cloot, n.2 N.E.D. and Un. Eng. Dict. include this meaning under clout, to patch (with cloth or metal), from O.E. clūtian, id., and Un. Eng. Dict. suggests that it may have orig. signified "to strike with a piece of metal." In view, however, of the existence of an Eng. dial. form clout = a clod of earth (a.1250 till the present day), and the development of clod to mean "pelt or strike with missiles," a connection between these two words seems also possible. The origin in either case goes back ultimately to Gmc. klu-, to gather into a mass.]

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