n. [ OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay. ]
All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
A clog of lead was round my feet. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]
Clog almanac,
Clog dance,
Clog dancer.
v. t.
The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The commodities are clogged with impositions. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer. Shak.
v. i.
In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. S. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. The state of being clogged. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Clogging, or having power to clog. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Cycloganoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ Cyclo- + -graph. ] See Arcograph. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Ecloque. ] (Min.) A rock consisting of granular red garnet, light green smaragdite, and common hornblende; -- so called in reference to its beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ecloga, Gr. &unr_; a selection, choice extracts, fr. &unr_; to pick out, choose out;
adj. having flow restricted by ice; -- of rivers or conduits;
n. A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them. [ Old Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou common shot-clog, gull of all companies. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + clog. ] To disencumber of a clog, or of difficulties and obstructions; to free from encumbrances; to set at liberty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]