Lexicographical Neighbors of Claucht
Literary usage of Claucht
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"A grip, a firm hold, SV claucht.] KLACK, «. The name given to a fishing- ground
that is near the-shore, ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"A sudden grasp atany object, Fife; synon claucht, 3. CLATCH, ». ... To claucht, ».
o. To lay hold o denly ; formed from the preterite. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"When one lays hold of what is falling it is said that he " got a claucht of
it."—Jam- Wallace— , —Be the coler claucht him with ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To claucht, ra To lay hold of forcibly and suddenly ; formed from the preterite.
... claucht, prêt. Snatched ; laid hold of eagerly and suddenly. Douglas. ..."
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