cloudy 
2. Consiflting of a cloud or clouds ; of the na- 
ture of a cloud. 
As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the rfrm^t/ pillar 
descended mnl stood pit the door of the taliernacle. 
K\. xxxlil. I). 
3. Obscure; dark; not easily understood. 
The Historian, altinniir_i many Him can in the cloudy 
knowledge: of mpinkindc. hiirdly em-ape from iimiiy lyc-v 
,S'/' /'. .S/*7/, Ajlnl. l'i>l- I't.'-tlle 
Cloudy and confused notions. 
n'attn, Iin|irovcment of Mind. 
4. Having the uppoaraiico of gloom; indicating 
gloom, anxioty, sulluuness, or ill nature ; not 
open or cheerful. 
When doudy looks are cleared. Kiifiuer, .Sonnets, xl. 
6. Marked with spots or areas of dark or vari- 
ous hues, or by clouding or a blending of light 
and shade or of colors. 6. Wanting 111 luster, 
brightness, transparency, or clearness; dim- 
med: as, a cloudy diamond. 
Before the wine grows <-/i<m///, 
Miri.ft, Advice to Hervants, Directions to the Butler. 
Cloudy swelling, :i degenerative .-IK-HILT of cell-sub- 
stance, siiim-thnes seen in muscular and glandular tissue. 
It is marked ii> swelling and a cloudy granular appear- 
ance. The grannies dissolve in acetic acid or in alkalis. It 
is often followed by fatty degeneration. Also called pa- 
,-.-m-A//m'(fi^'v tlt''!<-ni'i'ntn>n iir iiitiannltafiotl, <trutiul<tr <//>- 
'/. 'in i {jtintt. anil itlbitwinvttH iilfiltrittloIi.=Zyil. 1. Murky, 
h:i/\ , lowering, dim, dismal. 
clou6 (klii-a'), a. [F., pp. of cloucr, fix or stud 
with nails, < clou, a nail : see ctore 4 , and cf. 
clout*.] In her., studded with nails. See trel- 
lis. 
dough 1 (kluf or klou), it. [= Sc. cleityh, cleuch, 
< ME. ciouyli, clow, pi. cloughes, "cloiren, cloes, 
clewes, prob. (with guttural i/li (> w) for orig. / 
(> v), as reversely f for gh in the mod. pron., 
and in dirarf, duff for dough, etc.) < Icel. klofi, 
a cleft or rift in a hill, a ravine (cf. Dan. klor, 
a clamp, vise, tongs, = 8w. klofva, a vise) (= 
D. kloof, a slit, crevice, chink, > E. (Amer.) 
clove, a ravine: see clove 3 ), < kljiifa = AS. cleo- 
fan, E. cleave, split : see cleave, and cf . cleft 1 , 
clift 1 . The ME. pi. clewes touches cleves, pi. of 
clif, mod. E. cliff: see cleve*, cliff 1 . Cf. clove 3 .] 
1. A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a 
ravine, glen, or gorge. 
Into a grisly dough 
Thai and that maiden yode. 
Sir Trittrem, ii. 5U. 
Als lange as we haue herde-men bene, 
And kepis this catell In this doghe, 
So seleouth a sight was neuere non sene. 
York Playi, p. 120. 
These caitif Jewes dud not so now, 
Sende him to seche in clif aud clow. 
Cursor Mundi. (Halliwdl.) 
What pictures are presented by these misty crags and 
deep water-worn dough* .' All about Derbyshire, 1884. 
2f. A cliff ; a rocky precipice. 
Here is the close of Clyme with deiees so hye. 
Morte Arthure, 1. 1639. 
3. The cleft or fork of a tree. [Proy. Eng.] 
4. A wood. [Prov. Eng.] 5. A sluice ; espe- 
cially, a sluice for letting off water gently, as 
in the agricultural operation of improving soils 
by flooding them with muddy water. Also clow. 
This [washing] is performed by stirring up the wool in 
a tank of water with a strong pole, the water being let off 
through a clow or shuttle, furnished with a grating, at the 
bottom of the vat. 
W. Crooke*, Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 84. 
6. A large vessel of coarse earthenware Float- 
Ing dough, a barge with scrapers attached, which, driven 
by the tide or current, rakes up the silt and sand over 
which it passes, that it may be removed by the current. 
clough 2 , . See doff. 
clough-arch (kluf' arch), n. Same as puddle- 
hole. 
clour 1 (kl8r), . [E. dial., < ME. clowre, a field.] 
A field. 
lie seythe a palter [poulterer] thatsellythe a fatte swanne 
For a gosselyng, tnat grasethe on bareyne doterys. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S., extra ser.), 1. 81. 
clour 2 (k!8r), v. t. [Sc. Cf . Icel. klora = Norw. 
More, scratch, scrawl.] 1. To inflict a blow on. 
2. To make a dent or bump on. 
clour 2 (klor), H. [Sc.. < ftowr-2, v. Cf. Icel. klor, 
a scratching.] 1. A blow. 
Frae words and aiths to clours and nicks. 
Burns, To William Simpson. 
2. An indentation produced by a blow, or a 
raised lump resulting from a blow on the per- 
son. 
clout 1 (klout), H. [< ME. clout, clut, a patch, 
shred, < AS. clut, a patch, a plate (of metal) (> 
Icel. klutr, a kerchief, = Sw. klut = Dan. klud, 
a rag, clout), < W. clwt = Ir. Gael, dud = Manx 
clooid, a clout, patch.] 1. A patch; a piece of 
cloth, leather, etc., used to mend something. 
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2. Any piece of cloth, especially a worthies* cloutert, . 
piece, or one designed for a mean use ; a rag. 
\ - l',nt nix. lit tliat head, 
Where late the diadem stood. Hhak., Hamlet, Ii. 2. 
They look 
Like empty scabbards all, no mettle In em; 
Like men of clout*, net to keep crows from orchards. 
FMeher, liolidlir - 
3t. Any small piece; a fragment; a tatter; a 
bit. 
\n.l whan she of this bille hath taken heile, 
She rente it al to dmitm atte laste. 
C'/.OK.V, , Merchant's Tale, I. "Ml. 
4. Iii iircln rii : (n) The murk fixed in the center 
of the butts at which archers are shooting, rrhe 
mark is said to have lieen originally a piece oi u Int.- clotli, 
ilh- null Narcs supposes that it may have been a small 
nail (Kreiic'i dniirt. See diiitt'-<).] 
Indeed, a' must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the >-I<>ni . 
Shiik., i.. I.. 1... iv. I 
Kings are doutu that every man shoots at, 
Our crown the pin that thousands seek t<. cleave. 
.Worfoicc, Tamhiirlitine the lireat, I.. U. 4. 
clove 
[< ME. rlnnli-r. r 
patch, 
. :i cobbler, < 
cobble: see clout 1 , r.] A cob- 
bler; U plltehrr. 
clouterly (klou'ter-li), a. [< clnuti-r + -ly 1 .] 
Clumsy; awkward. [Obsolete nr provincial.] 
I'll*- .sinul.- \vlic' 1 ! plough PK a \ / .sort. 
.l/o,/,,,,, , Husbandry. 
clouting (klou'ting), . [Verbal n. of clout-, 
c.] 1. The act of striking. 2. [Appar. a par- 
tieulur use of preceding.] See 
(b) A small white target placed neartbe ground. 
Encyc. Brit, (c) An arrow that has hit the 
target. 
Within SO years they (the Royal Archeru at Edinburgh] 
shot at a square mark of canvas on a frame, and called the 
Clout ; ana an arrow striking the target is still called a 
clout. Babe?* Book (K. K. T. s.), p. clii. 
5. An iron plate fastened upon an axletree to 
keep it from wearing. 
clout 1 (klout), r. t. [< MK. Houtni, dulieii, < AS. 
"dutian (in pp. ge-clutod, patched), < clfit, u 
patch: see the noun.] 1. To patch; mend by 
sewing on a clout or patch; cobble; hence, to 
join clumsily. 
And when thel were passed thourgh thei ouertoke a carl, 
that hadde bought a payre of stronge shone, and also 
stronge lether to clowte hem with. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), I, S3. 
Many sentences of one meaning douted up together. 
Anchain. 
Paul, yea, and Peter too, had more skill ... in clouting 
an old tent. Latimer. 
2. To cover with a piece of cloth or with rags ; 
bandage. 
A noisy impudent beggar . . . showed a leg clouted up. 
Tatter, No. 68. 
3. To rub with an old piece of cloth, felt, or 
the like. 
clout 2 (klout), n. [< ME. elout { clowte, a blow; 
origin unknown.] A blow with the hand; a 
cuff. [Now colloq. or vulgar.] 
He gaf hys fadur soche a dotete 
HIM hors aud man felle downe. 
Horn, of Syr Tryamour (ed. Hulliwell), 1. 781. 
Dry ve out dogge and catte, or els geue them a duet. 
Babec* Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 182. 
clout 2 (klout), v. t. [E. dial, also clut; < ME. 
clouten, dowten, strike, beat: see clout 2 , n.] 
To strike with the hand; cuff. [Now colloq. 
or vulgar.] 
If I here [her] chyde, she wolde doicte my cote, blere 
myn ey. Coventry Mytteriet, p. 88. 
Pay him over the pate, dout him for all his courtesies. 
Fletcher, Women Pleased. 
clout 3 (klout), . [Appar. short for clout-nail, 
where clout is either < F. clouet (Cotgrave), a 
little nail (dim. of clou, a nail: see clove*), > 
clouter, stud with nails, or < clout 1 , v., patch, 
cobble, esp. of shoes, in the patching of which 
clout-nails would be used. See quot. from Piers 
Plowman, under clouts, )-.] Same as clout-nail. 
Clout 3 (klout), v. t. [< doufi, n. Cf. F. clouter, 
stud.] To stud or fasten with nails. 
With his knopped shon [buckled shoes) clouted full thykke. 
Piers Plomnan's Crede, 1. 424. 
clouted 1 (klou'ted), p. a. [Pp. of clout*, r.] 1. 
Patched ; mended with clouts ; mended or put 
together clumsily ; cobbled: as, clouted shoes. 
A clouted cloak about him was, 
That held him frae the cold. 
Robin Hood and the Beggar (Child's Ballads, V. 188). 
2. Clothed or covered with clouts or patched 
garments ; ragged : as, a clouted beggar. 
Clouted 2 (klou'ted), p. a. [Pp. of clouft, v.] 
Studded, strengthened, or fastened with clout- 
nails. 
I thought he slept ; and put 
My douted brogues from off my feet. 
SAot., Cymbeline, Iv. 2. 
The dull swain 
Treads on It dally with his douted shoon. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 635. 
[Some regard the word clouted in the above 
passages as clouted 1 , patched or mended.] 
clouted 3 (klou'ted), p. a. A variant of clotted. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
One that 'noiiits his nose with clouted cream and pomatum. 
Chapman, May-Day, U. 2. 
A heavy smooth-edged sickle is used for bagging or 
I'lntilt'iin - pin operation in which the hook IH struck against 
the straw, the left hiippil Iwiny ils< il tu yathci- and carry 
alnliU the cut swath. Km-in: lirit., \.\l. "74. 
clout-nail (klout'iml), . [< rlouft + nail.] 1. 
A short large-headed nail worn in the soles of 
shoes. 2. A nail for securing clouts or small 
patches of iron, as to the axletree of a carriage. 
It has a round flat head, round shank, and 
sharp point. 
Also called clou I. 
clove 1 (klov). Preterit, and formerly sometimes 
(for cloven, to which the o in pret. clove is due) 
t past participle, of clean'-. 
OVO- (klov), n. [< ME. dove (written cloue, 
also clowe; cf. clove*), < AS. clufe, pi. (sing. 
not found) (=LG. More), clove, egp. of garlic, 
also in comp. cluf-thutu/, crowfoot, and rlvf- 
iri/rt, buttercup, also spelled clnf-tlum;/, clof- 
in/rt; = OHG. "chlobo, "chlofo, in cornp. clilobo- 
louh. chlofolouh, clilovolouli, MHG. kfobeloueh, 
dissimilated Imobeloueh (cf. clue), G. knoblauch 
= MLG. kloflok, knuftock, LG. knufflok = MD. 
knofloec, D. knoflook, garlic, lit. 'clove-leek.' 
The orig. sense appears in OHG. "cJilobo, MHG. 
klobe, G. klolie, klobeii, a split stick, = D. kloof, a 
cleft C>clore s , a. v.), = E. dough 1 , q.v. ; thusult. 
from AS. deofan, E. cleave, split: see cleave"*, 
elote 3 , dough 1 .] One of the small bulbs form- 
ed in the axils of the scales of a mother bulb, 
as in garlic. 
Cloree (var. dour] of garlykke Ivor, garlek or other lyke), 
costula. Prompt. Pan., p. 436. 
clove 3 (klov), n. T< D. klove, now kloof, a cleft, 
ravine, =E. dough 1 , q.v. See also dove"*.] A ra- 
vine or rocky fissure ; a gorge : as, the Kaater- 
skill clove in the Catskill mountains. [Used 
principally along the Hudson river in .New York, 
where several Dutch words still remain current.] 
clove 4 (klov), n. [< ME. clowt, daice, pi. dowes, 
clones, shortforearlierME. clowe gilofre(cf. clove- 
gillyflower), in the Ancren Kiwle as OF., clou dc 
gilofre, F. clou de girofle, also simply girofle, 
clove, = Sp. clavo giroflado, also clavo aromdtico, 
clavo de especia (see spice'), or simply clavo, = It. 
chiovo, cltiodo di garofano, or simply garofano, 
glierofano, clove : so called from the shape of 
the clove, lit. 'nail of the gillyflower,' the term 
gillyflower, ME. gilofre, etc., being ult. a cor- 
rupted form of Gr. napvt^vf.^.av, lit. 'nut-leaf,' 
applied to the clove-tree, and subsequently to 
various aromatic plants : see Caryophyllus, gil- 
lyflower. F. clou, Sp. clai-o, etc., is lit. ' nail,' < 
L. davits, a nail (prob. akin to clavis, a key), < 
claudere, close: see clavis, clef, close 1 , v.] 1. A 
very pungent aromatic spice, the dried flower- 
buds of Eugenia caryopliyllata, of the natural 
Branch of the Cloe-tree (Kugtnfa caryotkyllattt}. whh 
unopened bud. 
order Murtacwc, originally of the Moluccas, but 
now cultivated in Zanzibar, the West Indies, 
Brazil, and other tropical regions. The tree U a 
handsome evergreen, from 15 to 30 feet high, with large, 
elliptic, smooth leaves and numerous purplish flowers on 
jointed stalks. Every part of the plant abounds in the 
