"clavie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clavies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clavie (plural clavies)
  1. A cask split in two and ceremonially burned as part of an ancient Scottish custom still observed at Burghead, a fishing village on the Moray Firth. Wikipedia link: Burning the clavie
    Sense id: en-clavie-en-noun-t6~2sSNS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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