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clyack

clyack noun: completion of the harvest season, harvesting the last sheaf of grain.

Noun

clyack (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, dated) Completion of the harvest season, harvesting the last sheaf of grain.
    • get clyack
    • The “clyack” sheaf was cut by the maidens on the harvest field. On no account was it allowed to touch the ground.1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-lore of the North-east of Scotland, page 181

Origin of clyack

From Scots clyack, which is in turn from Scottish Gaelic caileag.

Questions about clyack

What does clyack mean?
Clyack means completion of the harvest season, harvesting the last sheaf of grain.
What part of speech is clyack?
Clyack is a noun.

Words near clyack in the dictionary

  1. CLV
  2. CLVs
  3. cLWTS
  4. Clwyd
  5. cly
  6. clyack
  7. Clybucca
  8. Clyburn
  9. Clyburns
  10. Clydach
  11. Clyde

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