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clearsach

clearsach is the alternative form of clarsach.

Meaning of clarsach

Noun

clarsach (plural clarsachs)

  1. A small triangular wire-strung harp of Gaelic origin.
    • And I, beside the lake of swans, / Shall hunt for thee the fallow deer; / And build thy hut and bring thee home / The wild fowl, and the honey-comb; / And berries from the wood provide, / And play my clarshech by thy side.1810, Thomas Campbell, “O’Connor's Child, or, The Flower of Love Lies Bleeding”, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. […], Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Philip H[oulbrooke] Nicklin & Co., […]...
    Synonyms:
    Celtic harp, Gaelic harp

Forms of clearsach

pluralclearsachs

Questions about clearsach

What is clearsach the alternative form of?
Clearsach is the alternative form of clarsach.

Words near clearsach in the dictionary

  1. clears the air
  2. clears the market
  3. clears the neighborhood
  4. clears the table
  5. clears up
  6. clearsach
  7. clearsachs
  8. clearsighted
  9. clearsightedly
  10. clearsightedness
  11. clearskin

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