clausure (klazur)

[ Pg. It. clausura = G. clausur, klausur, an inclosure, cloister, ment. [Rare.] In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be borne. Dr. A. Geddes. 3t. In an at., the absence of a perforation where it normally occurs; atresia.-4. A clasp by which the covers of a book are held together. claut, clat3 (klât, klat), v. t.; pret. and pp. clauted, clatted, ppr. clauting, clatting. [Sc.; perhaps connected with clat1 = clot, clod1, a thick round ma .] To scratch or claw; rake or scrape together. Burns. claut, clat3 (klat, klat), n. [Sc., tain insects, as the Clerid a. Such antennæ are taining to or brain.