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noun

Clog n.

1.

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. "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."

2.

A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion. "As a dog... but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog." "A clog of lead was round my feet."

3.

A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. "In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort... makes use of wooden clogs."

Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.

Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes.

verb

Clog v. t. (past & past part. clogged; pres. part. clogging)

1.

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. "The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow."

2.

To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

3.

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. "The commodities are clogged with impositions." "You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer."

Synonyms: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clog v. i.

1.

To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter. "In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog."

2.

To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. "Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together."

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Etymology of 'Clog'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clog" Quotes from Famous Books

... burners of the older types had disadvantages in that they were so designed that there was a tendency for the nozzle to clog with sludge or coke formed from the oil by the heat, without means of being readily cleaned. This has been overcome in the more ...

— Steam, Its Generation and Use • Babcock & Wilcox Co.

... as to the beauties of an autumn sunrise. A clear morning had ceased to arouse in him the old buoyant energy, and he had lost the zest of muscular exertion which had done so much to sweeten his labour in the fields. It was as if a clog fettered his simplest no less than his greatest emotion; and his enjoyment of nature had grown dull and spiritless, like his affection for his family. With his sisters he was aware that a curious constraint had become apparent, and it was no longer possible for him to meet ...

— The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields • Ellen Glasgow

... remembered his former experiences. He placed the trap between his hind legs, with a hind paw on each spring, and pressed down with all his weight. But it was not enough. He dragged off the trap and its clog, and went clanking up the mountain. Again and again he tried to free his foot, but in vain, till he came where a great trunk crossed the trail a few feet from the ground. By chance, or happy thought, he reared again under this ...

— The Biography of a Grizzly • Ernest Seton-Thompson

... use of the shortest, tersest sentences to express the absolutely essential. Dependent clauses disappear; either the sentences are simple, just one sharp statement, or they are made of coordinate clauses with no connectives. Every weight that could clog the story is thrown away, and it runs with the swiftness of the thought. At such a time it would be a waste of good material to introduce beautiful descriptions or profound philosophy. Such things would be skipped ...

— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

... she had done so that she might better turn round and look into his face. "Oh, my own one, who can say of himself that it would be so? How could it be so, when you would have all the world against you? You would still be what you are,—with a clog round your leg while at home. In Parliament, among your friends, at your clubs, you would be just what you are. You would be that Lord Silverbridge who had all good things at his disposal,—except that he had ...

— The Duke's Children • Anthony Trollope

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