Clatch
Clatch , noun
[Compare Scot. clatch a slap, the noise caused by the collision of soft bodies; prob. of imitative origin.]
1.
(Scot. & Dial. Eng.) A soft or sloppy lump or mass; as, to throw a clatch of mud.
2.
Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.
Clatch , verb, transitive and intransitive
To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way. [Scottish]