different between clome vs cloke

English

Noun

clome (plural clomes)

1. Alternative form of cloam

Adjective

clome (comparative more clome, superlative most clome)

1. Alternative form of cloam

Verb

clome (third-person singular simple present clomes, present participle cloming, simple past and past participle clomed)

1. Alternative form of cloam

Anagrams

• Olmec, celom

English

Noun

cloke (plural clokes)

1. Archaic spelling of cloak.

Verb

cloke (third-person singular simple present clokes, present participle cloking, simple past and past participle cloked)

1. Archaic spelling of cloak.

Anagrams

• Locke, locke

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch clocke.

Noun

cloke

2. Alternative form of clokke

Etymology 2

From Old Northern French cloque, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos, ultimately imitative. Doublet of clokke.

Alternative forms

• clok, kloke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??k(?)/

Noun

cloke

2. cloak, cape

Descendants

• English: cloak
• Scots: cloak

References

• “cl?ke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Alternative forms

• cleche, cloche, clouche, clowche, cluke, kloke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klo?k(?)/, /?klu?k(?)/, /?klo?t?(?)/, /?klu?t?(?)/

Noun

cloke (plural clokes)

2. claw, talon
3. clutches, grasp

Usage notes

This noun is usually only found in the plural.

Descendants

• English: clutch, clutches (in part)
• Scots: cleuk, cluke, cluik

References

• “cl??ke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Picard

Etymology

From Medieval Latin clocca, of Gaulish/Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”) either onomatopoeic or from Proto-Indo-European *klek- (“to laugh, cackle”).

Noun

cloke f (plural clokes)

1. bell

Related terms

• clotcher