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Clart vs Claret - What's the difference?

clart | claret |

As nouns the difference between clart and claret

is that clart is a daub while claret is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As a verb clart

is to daub, smear, or spread, especially with mud, etc; to dirty.

clart

English

Alternative forms

*clairt, (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A daub.
    • a clart of grease
  • Sticky mud, mire or filth.
  • *1997 , (Thomas Pynchon), Mason & Dixon :
  • *:I’m but a county Surveyor,– not really at m’ best upon the grand and global type of expedition, content here at home, old Geordie a-slog thro’ the clarts […].
  • (Geordie, pejorative) A person who is unclean.
  • (Geordie, pejorative) A fool.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To daub, smear, or spread, especially with mud, etc.; to dirty.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 43:
  • *:Chris boiled water in kettles for hours and hours and then towels came down, towels clairted with stuff she didn't dare look at, she washed them quick and hung them to dry.

    • claret

    English

    (wikipedia claret)

    Noun

  • (chiefly, British) A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.
  • A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.
  • (colloquial) bloodhttp://thesaurus.com/browse/claret. Often used in a sporting context eg 'He spilt some claret'.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-02-14/phil-waugh-spills-some-claret/306330

    • Synonyms

    * traditional dry red (Australia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

    • Derived terms

    * claret cup * claret-coloured

    See also

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    References

    * Paper from the Winemakers’ Federation of Australia on generic wine terminology * Oxford Companion to Wine – Claret

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