clyre

Scots

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch klier (“gland”), probably derived from the same source, Middle Dutch cliere.

Noun

clyre (plural clyres)

  1. tumor, especially in livestock
  2. (in the plural, definite) a disease of cattle, murrain
  3. lymph node in meat, especially the pope's eye
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