Clog

a. [From Goth. ligan, A. S. licgan, to lie, comes the v. a. galagjan, to lay, to place upon, whence the Eng. clog, something laid on, a burden, impediment.] To load or fill with something that retards or hinders motion; to impede; to obstruct; to choke up; as, to clog a gutter. "His majesty's ships were over- clogged with great ordnance." Raleigh. of which is attributed to Tarquinus Priscus. It was formed by three tiers of arches, one within the other, the innermost of which is a semicircular vault of 14 ft. To overburden; to encumber, as with a load; to hamper. in diameter. The manner of its construction is shown in Fig. 625. (Physiol.) The pouch at the extremity of the intestinal canal, in which the solid and liquid excretions are commingled in birds, fish, and reptiles. IMG:content-0230.png:[blocks in formation] clogg's with ice and snow."-Dryden. -To embarra ; to hinder, confuse, or restrain. "The clogging burthen of a guilty soul." - Shaks. -v. i. To be loaded or encumbered with anything; as, a clogging saw. Cloak, (old spelling CLOKE.) [A. S. lach ; Flem. klocke ; Ar. khalat , a loose robe.] A loose outer garment worn in France, sabot.) "In France, the middle sort makes use of wooden clogs." Harvey (1642). indiscriminately by man or woman; a mantle; a cover--Anything put, or laid on, which hinders or retards moing against bad weather. IMG:content-0231.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0232.png:[blocks in formation] Cloak'edly, adv . In a cloaked or concealed manner. Cloak'ing, n. Act of hiding or concealing anything to be ashamed of; as, “di emblings and cloakings ." Strype . -Cloth or material adapted for makng cloaks. Clock, n. [A. S. clugga , clucga ; Fris. klokke ; D. klok ; Ger. glocke; Icel. klucka ; Dan. klokke ; W.cloch ; Ar- moric klôch ; Fr. cloche; 0 Ger. glokka , from klochôn ; A. S. clocean, to sound, to strike, to give forth a sound.] A machine which measures time and its divisions, by means of a pendulum and wheels moved by weights, springs, and sometimes by magnetic power, and so named from its striking the hours on a bell; any horological contrivance for keeping record of time. See HOROLOGY. -The flowered or figured work about the ankle of a stock- IMG:content-0233.png:[blocks in formation] "What is 't o'clock? Upon the stroke of four." - Shaks. Clock, v . a. and v. i. See CLUCK. Clock'-work, n. Machinery and movements of a clock; any machinery resembling that of a clock; well adjusted work; as, it acts like clock - work . Clock'ville, in N. York , a post-township of Madison co. Clod, n. [A. S. clud ; D. kluit ; Ger. klo ; Icel. clod. See CLOT.] A concreted ma or lump; a hard lump of earth of any kind; a ma of cohering earth or clay; turf. "Who pounds with rakes the crumbling clods ?" -Dryden. tion; a hindrance; an embarra ment; a stumbling block. "Wearine of the flesh is a heavy clog to the will."-Hooker. -A weight attached to the leg of an animal to prevent its going astray. "As a dog By chance breaks loose, and quits his clog ." Hudibras. Clog'gine , n. State of being hampered or clogged; state of wearing clogs.