Obs. [From same root as CLOTE, q.v.] = CLOTE, the bur-dock.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XVII. xciii. (1495), 661. Clete is an herbe wyth brode leuys … and hathe in the toppe of the stalkes knottes wyth crokyd pryckes: that ofte cleuyth to mannys clothes.

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c. 1425.  Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 645. Hec lappa, clete.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 67/1. Clett [v.r. cleyt].

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  Clete, obs. form of CLEAT sb. and CLEAD v.

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