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cliack Sc.|ˈklaɪək|
Also clyack.
[Possibly a. Gaelic cliathach (kliəax) battle, because of the contest or struggle to have the ‘last cut’.]
The last armful of corn cut at harvest on any farm, the kirn-cut: called in the south of Scotland the ‘maiden’, and in Northumberland the ‘kirn-baby’: cf. kirn n.2 Hence cliack-sheaf, cliack-night.
1880Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 58 In getting ‘Cliack’ a scramble was made to get the last handful of corn to cut. 1884W. Carnie in Mod. Sc. Poets Ser. vii. 206 We spoke aboot the cliack nicht. 1889Glasgow Her. 12 Aug. 9/1 The clyack sheaf is..still occasionally to be seen hanging in farm kitchens above the fireplace, having a ribbon tied round it. |