cloud(1) (iou) and Cockles with laverbread (recipes)

cloud(1) (iou)

cloud noun.
[Old English clud, prob. rel. to CLOT noun.]
A mass of rock, earth, etc.; a hill. Long obsolete exc. local in place-names. OE.
(A mass of) visible condensed water vapour suspended in the atmosphere high over the General level of the ground; in pl. also, the sky, the heavens. ME.
a cloud on the horizon an indication of future trouble. in the clouds mystical, unreal, imaginary; (of a person) abstracted, inattentive. Land of the Long White Cloud: see LAND noun1. LENTICULAR cloud. on cloud seven, on cloud nine colloq. extremely happy. with one's head in the clouds unrealistic(ally); living in a world of fantasy.
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet She is advanc'd Above the clouds, as high as heaven itself. L. Deighton Big rain clouds raced across the moon. K. A. Porter La Condesa rose lightly as a cloud. Anthony Huxley Cloud may reduce light intensity to as little as five per cent of that of the full sun.
A thing that darkens or overshadows with gloom, trouble, suspicion, etc.; obscurity; a state of gloom, trouble, etc.; a frowning or depressed look. ME.
under a cloud out of favour, discredited.
J. Heath-Stubbs A dark cloud of suspicion broods over all.
An airborne suspension of smoke, dust, etc.; a hazy aggregation of gas, particles, etc. LME.
blow a cloud: see BLOW verb1. mushroom cloud: see MUSHROOM noun & adjective.
H. E. Bates The tractor seemed to draw behind it a brown and smoky cloud.
b. Astronomy. A hazy area in the night sky produced by the light of distant stars; a nebula; a region of dust, gas, etc., in deep space appearing lighter or darker owing to the reflection, absorption, etc., of light. M16.
MAGELLANIC Cloud.
A great number of birds, insects, persons, etc., moving together. LME.
Oort cloud, Oort comet cloud, Oort's cloud, Oort's comet cloud: see OORT 2.
A thing that obscures or conceals. E16.
C. V. Wedgwood The cloud of conjecture which obscures Cromwell's actions and motives.
b. A region of dimness or obscurity in an otherwise clear or transparent body or liquid; a fuzzy patch or spot, spec. of another colour on the face of a horse. M16.
c. A light loosely knitted woollen scarf or shawl. Now arch. & Canad. dial. L19.
Comb.: cloudburst a sudden violent rainstorm; cloud-castle a daydream; cloud chamber Physics a container of air or gas supersaturated with water vapour, used to detect charged particles by the condensation trails which they produce; cloud cover cloud that covers (much of) the sky; the extent to which the sky is covered by cloud; cloud-cuckoo-land [translating Greek Nephelokokkugia (nephele cloud, kokkux cuckoo) in Aristophanes' Birds] a fanciful or ideal realm; cloud-hopping (of aircraft) flying from cloud to cloud esp. for concealment; cloud-land utopia, fairyland; cloudscape a picture or picturesque grouping of clouds; cloud seeder a person who or thing which seeds clouds with crystals to cause rain; cloud seeding the seeding of clouds with crystals; cloud street a line of cumulus clouds formed parallel to the wind direction.
cloudless adjective LME.
cloudlessness noun M19.
cloudlet noun a little cloud L18.
cloudlike adjective & adverb (a) adjective resembling (that of) a cloud; (b) adverb in the manner of a cloud: M17.

Cockles with laverbread (recipes)

Serves 4

Preparation time

over 2 hours

Cooking time

less than 10 mins

Ingredients

laverbread, cookedcocklesbreadcrumbsWaun Gron, gratedgarlic butter

Method

1. If you have picked your own laverbread, you must wash it thoroughly several times to remove all grit and sand, then boil it in a little water in a covered pan for up to six hours, stirring regularly to prevent it sticking. Allow any excess liquid to evaporate. (It may be pressure cooked for about 1½ hours.)2. Put some hot laverbread into the bottom of a gratin dish and spread evenly.3. Place some fresh cockles on the laverbread and sprinkle the breadcrumbs and grated cheese on top with a little garlic butter.4. Pop under the grill for three or four minutes until golden brown.

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