Sc. and north. dial. Also Cleutie, Clutie. [In sense 1 orig. adj. f. CLOOT + -Y; in sense 2 diminutive.]

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  1.  A name for the Devil, as popularly represented with a cloven foot.

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1785.  Burns, Addr. Deil, i. O thou! whatever title suit thee, Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie.

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1802.  R. Anderson, Cumbld. Ball., 23. Aunt Meable has lost her best sark, And Cleutie is bleam’d varra mickle.

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a. 1845.  Barham, Ingol. Leg., II. 224. Run! run!—that’s the ‘muckle-horned Clootie’ himself!

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  2.  Diminutive of CLOOT, a hoof.

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1822.  Blackw. Mag., XI. 485. With his hinder clooties jerked up.

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