clackern.
/ˈklakə/, U.S. /ˈklækər/ That which clacks; the clack or clapper of a mill; a clack to frighten birds away, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of grain > milling or grinding > [noun] > corn-mill > clapper
mill clapperc1200
clap?c1225
mill-clack1264
clapper1340
clackc1440
clacket1594
knap1622
clacker1636
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > bell > [noun] > clapper
clapper1379
swingle14..
bell-clapper1498
kneppelc1500
tongue1577
clap1608
clacker1869
jinglet1881
1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 10 This they finde by the noyse of those Boat-milles,..their clakkers beate much slower, at those times than else.
1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. 92 His tongue was worse than the clacker of a charity-school bell.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 11/2 Clacker, a rattle to frighten away birds; the tongue, a valve of a pump.
1889 N.E.D. at Clacker Mod. dial. Rime, I pick up my clackers And knock you down back'ards Shoo 'ay a bird!
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clackerv.
/ˈklakə/, U.S. /ˈklækər/ dialect and U.S.
intransitive and transitive = clack v.1 and adv.
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1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) iii. 345 Mounting a rock she harangued the people, or, rather, clackered her own merit.
1896 G. Chanter Witch of Withyford ii She heard them all come clackering into the yard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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