Sc. and north. dial. Also clairt, clort. [See next.] Sticky or claggy dirt, mud, filth; (with pl.), a daub of sticky dirt.
1808. Jamieson, Clairt, Clart, a quantity of any dirty or defiling substance. Clarts, dirt, mire, anything that defiles.
1847–78. Halliwell [Locality not assigned], A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart.
1863. Tyneside Songs, 83. Weel supplied wi’ Newcastle amonishen—clarts.
1876. Whitby Gloss. (E. D. S.), Clart, a smear of dirt.
1877. E. Peacock, N. W. Linc. Gloss., Clart, sticky dirt.
1877. Holderness Gloss., Clart, stickiness.
b. A dirty person (Sc.); a ‘cheap and nasty’ thing; hypocritical talk or flattery (north. Eng.).
1808. Jamieson, Clairt, a woman who is habitually and extremely dirty.
1876. Mid-Yorksh. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Clart, a worthless article or person.
1877. E. Peacock, N. W. Linc. Gloss., Clart, silly or exaggerated talk, flattery.
