closh

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch klossen (to play at bowls).

Noun

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closh (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The game of ninepins.
    • 1627, Thomas Gataker, Of the Nature and Use of Lots:
      forbidding the same persons to play at tables, tennis, closh, dice

Etymology 2

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Compare French clocher (to limp).

Noun

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closh (uncountable)

  1. A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis; founder.
    • 1633, Leonard Mascall, he Gouernment of Cattell:
      To heale the closh, or founder in the feet of Cattell

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