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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLOTTER'D, CLOTTER'T, ppl.adj. Clotted, congealed, caked (Abd.¹⁹, Ags.¹, Edb.¹, Lnk.³ 1936). Obs. or arch. in Eng., last Eng. quot. in N.E.D. 1700.Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth xxii.:
The wounds [shall] renew their clotter'd flood.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 33:
And in that uglie tun stood, lair'd Up to the chin and clotter't beard.Ayr. publ. 1892 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc., and Poems 210:
Wi' clutes a' clottert wi' the clods, Your rumples to the sun.