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Rh sticky mass, and klissa,, to adhere, ,

klister [klistər],, partly jocular or mocking term, partly tabu-name, sea-term for butter (churned butter). klister,, paste, and see the word.

klister [klistər],, to paste, daub, smear, coat, in an untidy, careless manner, paint or tar on a boat, whitewash on a stone wall, =, The meaning of the word is more closely allied to klistre,, to paste, than to klistra,, to squeeze the juice out of something.

or cliff, almost =. Now only used as a place-name: de Klivens [klɩvəns], , elevated, steep, rocky tract; de Hedlikliv [hæd··lɩklɩv·] : *hellu-klif. — klif, , = kleif, ; see under , kliv,, a steep place; a brink.
 * kliv$1$ [klɩv],, brink; steep slope

in a rock, partly b) stretch of coast containing a cleft. The word is only preserved as a place-name: de Kliv . klyf,,  a cleft or something cloven, handed down in sense of the pack for a horse (horse-load, divided into two parts), pack-saddle. — A form [klɩvi, klivi] is reported from  [klɩvi (kli-)], and from  [klivi] as belonging to the colloquial language in sense of fissure, cleft in a rock. It is, however, uncertain if this latter springs from  klyf; it may, like, , in sense of a cleft piece of iron, tongs, spring from klofi, , a cleft in a hill, through  of  clivvie, , a cleft in a branch of a tree or in a piece of wood. — , in sense of hoof (cloven foot), springs from an older $w$, $2$,
 * kliv$1$ [klɩv],, partly a) cleft

kliv$1$, klivi, kliva,, cleft implement im- plement (a piece of iron, tongs); see further ,

kliv$3$, klivek,, hoof; see further $4$ and $1$,

klivaben,, =.

kliven,, I) cleft implement, tongs, see , II) tabu-name, sea-term for sheep, see ,

kliversten,, see , ,

klivgeng,, see ,

klivsi,, see ,

-klo (-*klu),, properly claw, in ;

hill-top, often found in place-names, in Mainland : de Klobb. See Shetl. Stedn. p. 118. Also found as a name “Klobba [klȯba]”. klubb, (and klubba, ), round lump; crag; height; klubba, , a club. — In the collocation or (møldo-in’) , a long wooden handle to the end of which is fixed a flat, slanting piece of wood, by which to smooth the mould after the sowing, “klobb” may be either “klubba” (see, ) or club. The same applies to as a sea-term (in ) for , a gaff.
 * klobb$1$ [klȯb],, crag; rugged

klobb$1$ [klȯb],, a worm for baiting the hook in trout-fishing. originally synonymous with the preceding word. klubb, , a lump; dumpling.

klobi, klobi-taings,, see.

†klodi [klōdi],, (small) hillock, mound. The word is to be associated with klot,,  klot, , lump, klode,, globe, ball; but it is often found as a place-name, denoting mounds or hills, and may here, in all probability, be derived from : (Welsh) “clodd-, clawdd”, Irish “clad”, raised earth-wall or mound, frequently found in place-names, names of mounds. In 28