Part 2026

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster.</def> "A <i>cloudy</i> diamond."

<i>Boyle.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.</def>

<h1>Clough</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clough</ets>, <ets>cloghe</ets>, <ets>clou</ets>, <ets>clewch</ets>, AS. (assumed) <ets>cl\'d3h</ets>, akin to G. <ets>klinge</ets> ravine.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.</def>

<i>Nares.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Clough</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clough</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>An allowance in weighing. See <er>Cloff</er>.</def>

<h1>Clout</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clout</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cl\'d4t</ets> a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. <ets>klut</ets>, Icel. <ets>kl\'d4tr</ets> a kerchief, or W. <ets>clwt</ets> a clout, Gael. <ets>clud</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.</def>

<blockquote>His garments, nought but many ragged <b>clouts</b>, With thorns together pinned and patched was. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>clout</b> upon that head where late the diadem stood. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A swadding cloth.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A piece; a fragment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.</def>

<blockquote>A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the <b>clout</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A blow with the hand.</def> <mark></mark>

<cs><col>Clout nail</col>, <cd>a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clout</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clout</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clouted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clouting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>clutien</ets>. <ets>clouten</ets>, to patch. See <er>Clout</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.</def>

<blockquote>And old shoes and <b>clouted</b> upon their feet. <i>Josh. ix. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . <b>clouting</b> an old tent than to teach lawyers. <i>Latimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To join or patch clumsily.</def>

<blockquote>If fond Bavius vent his <b>clouted</b> song. <i>P. Fletcher</i></blockquote>