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▪ I. clashy, a. dial.|ˈklæʃɪ|
[f. clash + -y1.]
1. Of the weather: Having heavy dashes of rain.
1821Mrs. Wheeler Westmrld. Dial. 112 Th wedder was sae clashy. 1887Hall Caine Son of Hagar I. i. ii. 46 There'll be clashy weather before nightfall.
2. Talkative, gossiping.
1876Robinson Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.), Clashy, noisy, talkative. ‘A clashy clan’.
▪ II. ‖ ˈclashy, -ee, n. Anglo-Ind.
Also classy.
[ad. Urdu khalāsī.]
A tent-pitcher; a surveyor's chain-man; a native sailor (Yule).
1785Tippoo's Lett. 171 (Y.) A hundred clashies have been sent to you from the presence. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Ayah & Lady 58 He instantly called the clashees, and bade them seize the boy. 1824Heber India (1844) I. 194 (Y.) If the tents got dry, the clashees (tent-pitchers) allowed that we might proceed in the morning prosperously. |