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from a patrician into a plebeian family to become a tri¬ 
bune. He was fuch an enemy to Cato, that be made 
him go with praetorian power, in an expedition again ft 
Ptolemy king of Cyprus, that by the difficulty of the cam¬ 
paign he might ruin his reputation, and deftroy his in- 
tereft at Rome during his abfence. Cato, however, by 
his uncommon fuccels, fruftrated the views of Clodius. 
He was alfo an inveterate enemy to Cicero, and by his in¬ 
fluence he banifhed him from Rome, partly on pretence 
that he had puniftied with death and without trial the ad¬ 
herents of Cataline. He wreaked his vengeance^ upon 
Cicero’s houte, which he burnt, and let all his goods to 
fale; which, however, to his great mortification, no one 
■offered to buy. In fpite of Clodius, Cicero was recalled, 
and all his goods reftored to him. Clodius was fome time 
after murdered by Milo, whole defence Cicero took upon 
himfelf. Applan. 
CLOD'PATE,/. A ftupid fellow; a dolt; a thickfkull. 
CLOD'PATED, adj. Stupid ; dull; cloltilb ; thought- 
lefs.—My clodpated relations fpoiled the greateft genius in 
the world, when they bred me a mechanic. Arbuthnot. 
CLOD'POLL, /. A thickfkull ; a dolt; a blockhead.— 
This letter being fo excellently ignorant, he will find that 
it comes from a clodpoll. Sbakefpeare. 
CLO'DRA, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper 
Saxony, and circle ofNeuftadt: three miles eaft of Weyda. 
CLO'DY, a river of Ireland, which runs into the Bunn : 
three miles fouth of Kilrea. 
CLCE'LIA, a Roman virgin, given with other maidens 
as hoftages to Porfenna king off-Etruria. She efcaped 
from her confinement, and fwam a-crofs the Tiber to 
Rome. Her unprecedented virtue was rewarded by her 
countrymen, with an equeftrian ftatue in the via facta. 
Livy. 
CLOE'RE,/. A prifon or dungeon ; it is conjeflured 
to be of Britiih original; the dungeon, or inner prifon of 
Wallingford caftle, temp. H. II. was called cloere brien, 
i. e. career brieni, &c. Hence feems to come the Lat. clo¬ 
aca, which was anciently the clofeft ward or naftieft part 
of the prifon; the old cloacerius is interpreted carceris cuf- 
tos ; and the prefent cloacerius , or keeper of a Jakes, is an 
office in fome religioushoufes abroad, impol'ed on an of¬ 
fending brother, or by him chofen as an exercife of humi¬ 
lity and mortification. Covsetl. 
To CLOG, v. a. [It is imagined by Skinner to come 
from log ; by Cafaubon derived from xAot©-, a dog’s col¬ 
lar, being thought to be firft hung upon fierce dog.'.] To 
load with fomething that may hinder motion ; to encum¬ 
ber with Ikackies; to impede, by faftening to the neck or 
leg a heavy piece of wood or iron.—Let a man wean him¬ 
felf from thefe worldly impediments, that here clog his 
foul's flight. Digby. 
Gums and pomatums ffiall his flight reftrain, 
While clogg’d he beats his fllken wings in vain. Pope. 
To hinder, to obftruCt: 
The gutter’d rocks and congregated fands, 
Traitor’s enfteep’d to clog the guiltlefs keel. Sbakefpeare. 
To load; to burthen; to embarrafs.—All commodities 
are clogged with impolitions. Addifon. 
Since thou haft far to go, bear not along 
The clogging burthen of a guilty foul. Sbakefpeare. 
In the following paflage it is improper, for its meaning 
always includes hindrance.—Clocks and jacks, though 
the ferews and teeth of the wheels and nuts be never fo 
fmooth, yet, if they be not oiled, will hardly move; though 
you clog them with never lo much weight. Ray. 
To CLOG, v. n. To coalefce; to adhere. In this fenfe, 
perhaps, only corruptly ufed for clod or clot. —Move it 
fometimes with a broom, that the feeds clog not together. 
Evelyn. —To be encumbered or impeded by fome extriniic 
matter.—In working through the bone, the teeth of the 
faw will begin to clog. Sharp. 
Vox.. IV. No. 229. 
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CLOG,/. A load ; a weight; any encumbrance hung 
upon any animal or thing to hinder motion : 
As * dog, committed clofe 
For fome offence, by chance-breaks looie. 
And quits his clog ; but all in vain, 
He ftill draws after him his chain. Hudibras. 
An encumbrance; a hindrance; an obftruflion ; an im¬ 
pediment.— Wearinefs of the fleffi is an heavy clog to the 
will. Hooker. —Slavery is, of all things, the greateft clog 
and obftacle to fpeculation. Swift. —A kind of additional 
fiioe, worn by women to keep them from wet.—A wooden 
ffioe.—In France the peafantry go barefoot; and the 
middle fort, throughout all that kingdom, makes ufe of 
wooden clogs. Harvey. 
CLOG'GINESS,/ The ftate of being dogged. 
CLOGGY, adj. That which has the power of clog¬ 
ging tip—By additaments of fome fuch nature, fome 
greffer and cloggy parts are retained; or elfe much fubti- 
lized, and otherwiie altered. Boyle. 
CLOG'HER, a city or town of Ireland, in the county 
of Tyrone, the fee of a bilhop, fuffragan of Armagh, 
founded by St. Patrick; the cathedral is alfo the parifh 
church: feventy miles north-north-weft of Dublin, and 
twenty weft of Armagh. On the 20th of April 1396, a 
dreadful fire burnt to the ground the church, two cha¬ 
pels, the abbey, the court-houfe, and thirty-two other 
buildings, with all the lacerdotai veftments, utenfils, &c. 
belonging to the bifhop’s chapter. 
CLOG'HER HEAD, a cape on the eaft coaft of Ire¬ 
land, in the county of Louth, in the Irifli fea. Lat. 33. 
47. N. Ion. 6.12. W. Greenwich. 
CLOFIA'RS CARNOET, a town of France, in the de¬ 
partment of Finilferre, and chief place of a canton, in the 
diftriCt of Quimperle: one league and a half louth of 
Quimperle. 
CLOI'STER, f [elds, Welffi ; clauprep, Sax. clofer. 
Germ, kloof er, Dut. claufro, ltal. clotfre , Fr. clauflnun, 
Lat.] A religious retirement; a monaltery; a nunnery. 
In architecture, a periftyle ; a piazza: 
Some folitary cloifer will I choofe. 
And there with holy virgins live immur’d. Dryden. 
To CLOI'STER, v. a. To flint up in a religious houfej 
to confine; to immure; to fliut up from the world.—• 
Nature affords plenty of beauties, that no man need com¬ 
plain if the deformed are cloifered up. Ryrner. 
CLOl'STERAL, adj. Solitary; retired; religioufly re- 
clufe.—Upon this ground many cloiferal men, of great 
learning and devotion, prefer contemplation before ac¬ 
tion. Walton. 
CLOI'STERED,/>«;-L adj. Solitary; inhabiting cloifters; 
Ere the bat hath flown 
His cloifler'd flight, there (hall be done 
A deed of dreadful note. Sbakefpeare. 
Built with periftyles or piazzas.—-The Greeks and Ro¬ 
mans had commonly two cloifered open courts, one ferv- 
ing for the women’s fide, and the other for the men. 
Wot ton. 
CLOI'STRESS,/ A nun; a lady who has vowed re¬ 
ligious retirement: 
Like a cloifrefs ffie will veiled walk. 
And water once a day her chamber round 
With eye-offending brine. Sbakefpeare. 
CLOKE. See Cloak. 
CLOMB, pret. of to climb. —Afk to what end they 
clomb that tedious height. Spenfer. 
CLOLU'GH, a river of Ireland, which runs into the 
Suir: ieven miles weft-north-weft of Waterford. 
CLOM'PANUS,/ in botany. See Sterculia. 
CLO'NES, a town of Ireland, in the county of Mo¬ 
naghan : ten miles fouth-weft of Monaghan. 
CLO'NFERTj a city or town of Iieland, in the county 
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