† cleten.
Obsolete.
= clote n., the bur-dock.
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c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 645 Hec lappa, clete.
1483 Cath. Angl. 67/1 Clett [v.r. cleyt].
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. xciii. sig. Ri/1 The Clete [a1398 BL Add. clote] is an herbe wt brode leuys... And hathe in the toppes of the stalkes knottes wyth crokyd pryckes: that ofte cleuyth to mannys clothes.
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