单词 | cliack-night |
释义 | > as lemmascliack-night 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. ΚΠ 1880 J. F. S. Gordon Bk. Chron. Keith 58 In getting ‘Cliack’ a scramble was made to get the last handful of corn to cut. 1884 W. Carnie in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 7th Ser. 206 We spoke aboot the cliack nicht. 1889 Glasgow 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. < as lemmas |
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