different between clart vs clarty

English

Alternative forms

• clairt, clort

Etymology

From Middle English *clart, found in the verb biclarten (“to cover or smear with dirt”). Further origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

clart (plural clarts)

1. A daub.

   a clart of grease

2. (now Scotland, Northern England) Sticky mud, mire or filth.
3. (Tyneside, derogatory) A person who is unclean.
4. (Tyneside, derogatory) A fool.
5. Unwanted stuff; junk; clutter; rubbish; stuff that is in the way.

   I need to get rid of all this clart. (Clearing unwanted items from a table top)

Derived terms

• beclart
• clarty

References

• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]

Verb

clart (third-person singular simple present clarts, present participle clarting, simple past and past participle clarted)

1. (transitive, now Scotland, Northern England) To daub, smear, or spread, especially with mud, etc.; to dirty.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 43:

     Chris boiled water in kettles for hours and hours and then towels came down, towels clairted with stuff she didn't dare look at, she washed them quick and hung them to dry.

English

Alternative forms

• clartie, clerty, clorty, clurty (Scotland)

Etymology

From clart +? -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)ti

Adjective

clarty (comparative clartier, superlative clartiest)

1. (Britain, Northern England and Scotland dialect) Sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unclean

Derived terms

• clarty-paps

Related terms

• clatty
• clats

Scots

Adjective

clarty (comparative mair clarty, superlative maist clarty)

1. dirty, messy, sticky, like honey.