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Terms vs Clarted - What's the difference?

terms | clarted |

As a noun terms

is .

As a verb clarted is

(clart).

terms

English

Noun

(head)

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    clarted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clart)

    • 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.