a. [f. as prec. + -LESS.]
1. Without a clerk.
1478–80. Churchw. Acc. St. Andrew’s Hubbard, in Brit. Mag., XXXII. 38. Payde to Saunder while we were Clerkles, to bere a torch with the Hosell, jd.
† 2. Illiterate, void of clerkly skill. Obs.
1653. Waterhouse, Apol. Learn., 40 (L.). The Turk, whose military Janizaries and Bashaws, rule all in their Clerklesse and cruel way.
