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clee
(gcide) | Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus
calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The
spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has
orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg,
and clee.
(b) The fieldfare.
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2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
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Clee
(gcide) | Clee \Clee\ (kl[=e]), n.
A claw. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Clee
(gcide) | Clee \Clee\, n. (Zool.)
The redshank.
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chanticleer
(mass) | chanticleer
- kohút |
chanticleer
(encz) | chanticleer,kohout n: Zdeněk Brožchanticleer,kokrháč n: Zdeněk Brož |
Chanticleer
(gcide) | Chanticleer \Chan"ti*cleer\ (ch[a^]n"t[i^]*kl[=e]r), n. [F.
Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard
the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and
Clear.]
A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice
in crowing.
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Clee
(gcide) | Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus
calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The
spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has
orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg,
and clee.
(b) The fieldfare.
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2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
their bare legs. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Clee \Clee\ (kl[=e]), n.
A claw. [Obs.] --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Clee \Clee\, n. (Zool.)
The redshank.
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Cleek
(gcide) | Cleek \Cleek\ (kl[=e]k), n.
1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif.,
an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and
a long shaft.
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2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [Scot.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Cleek \Cleek\, v. t. [pret. Claught; pret. & p. p. Cleeked;
p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize,
clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
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2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
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3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.
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Cleeked
(gcide) | Cleek \Cleek\, v. t. [pret. Claught; pret. & p. p. Cleeked;
p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize,
clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
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2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
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3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.
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Cleeking
(gcide) | Cleek \Cleek\, v. t. [pret. Claught; pret. & p. p. Cleeked;
p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking.] [ME. cleken, clechen, to seize,
clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch.] [Scot & Dial. Eng.]
1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck.
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2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook.
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3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. --Scott.
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