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Definition of Clatch
1. n. A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.
2. v. t. & i. To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.
Definition of Clatch
1. to dabble [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: dabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clatch
Literary usage of Clatch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"To close up with any glutinous or adhesive substance ; as, "to clatch up a hole,"
with slime, clay, &c. ; Clem, Clay, synon. 1 he more probable origin is ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"clatch, ». The noise caused by the fall of something heavy, Ettr. For.—Teut. ...
clatch, s. Anything thrown for the purpose of daubing. ..."
3. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"I say ! if yo go o'er them fields, th' mester '11 have his clatch- hooks on you.
... It is just possible, however, that clatch- **>fc may be an old name ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"A clatch of lime, as much as is thrown from a trowel in a wall; to clatch, to
daub with lime.—Jam. Blot at Backgammon. See Backgammon. To Blow. 1. ..."
5. The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal by John Henry Pepper (1861)
"35) is shown the dangerous and barbarous method of drawing up a female on the
clatch iron by another woman. " As soon as she arrived at the top, ..."
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