Part 2012

<h1>Clodhopper</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"hop`per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A rude, rustic fellow.</def>

<h1>Clodhopping</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"hop`ping</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Boorish; rude.</def>

<i>C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Clodpate</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"pate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A blockhead; a dolt.</def>

<h1>Clodpated</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"pat`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Stupid; dull; doltish.</def>

<h1>Clodpoll</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"poll`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Clod</ets> + <ets>poll</ets> head.]</ety> <def>A stupid fellow; a dolt.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>clodpole</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Cloff</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cloff</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>clough</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>McCulloch.</i>

<h1>Clog</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clog</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clogge</ets> clog, Scot. <ets>clag</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>, a clot, <tt>v.</tt>, to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. <ets>clay</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.</def>

<blockquote>All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many <b>clogs</b> to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.</def>

<blockquote>As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his <b>clog</b>. <i>Hudibras.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>clog</b> of lead was round my feet. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. <er>Chopine</er>.</def>

<blockquote>In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden <b>clogs</b>. <i>Harvey.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Clog almanac</col>, <cd>a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a <altname>Runic staff</altname>, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.</cd> -- <col>Clog dance</col>, <cd>a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes.</cd> -- <wordforms><col>Clog dancer</col>.</wordforms></cs>

<h1>Clog</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clog</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clogged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clogging</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.</def>

<blockquote>The winds of birds were <b>clogged</b> with ace and snow. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; <as>as, to <ex>clog</ex> a tube or a channel</as>.</def>