v. Obs. north. dial. [a. ON. klá (Sw. klå, Da. klöev) str. vb., earlier form klaga, klaha, pa. t. kló-, klógom, pa. pple. klegenn, to scratch, to claw an itching place; prob. connected with kló claw, the relation of which to the stem of CLAW sb. and v. is uncertain.] = CLAW v. 3.
a. 1400[?]. Chester Pl., 186. With this crocket camrocke your backes I shall cloe.