clotn.
/klɒt/, U.S. /klɑt/ 1. gen. A mass, lump, rounded mass: esp. one formed by cohesion or congelation.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body
clota1000
goba1382
massa1382
gobbetc1384
clustera1387
lumpa1400
grume1555
solidity1604
concrescence1610
concression1613
concretion1646
ponderant1656
condensation1665
clumper1673
clue1674
solid1698
clump1699
wodge1847
density1858
boulder1861
doorstop1967
swadge1968
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > dense or compact
clota1000
massa1382
gobbetc1384
clustera1387
lumpa1400
wedge1577
loaf1598
knot1631
clumper1673
clue1674
clump1699
lob1825
wodge1847
nugget1851
density1858
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > mass formed by collection of particles > formed by coalescence or cohesion
clota1000
conglutination?1533
coagulation1646
concretion1646
coagmentation1678
fusion1823
a1000 Gloss in Haupt's Zeitschr. IX. 488 Massa, of clyne vel clottum.
c1305 Judas Iscariot 25 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 108 Þe see him [Judas] hurlede vp and doun as a liþer clot.
1387 J. Trevisa Descr. Brit. (Caxton) 6 There the fyre slaketh hit chaungeth in to stone clottes.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) xvi. xlvii. (Tollem. MS.) Clot [1495 clotte] is ordeynid of gaderynge of pouder in a clustre, for erþe bounde and clonge to gederes is a clot.
c1450 Pistel of Swete Susan (Calig.) 111 The columbyne, þe caraway in clottys þey cleue.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxiii. i. 352 The embers..congealed into clots of hard stone.
1618 A. Munday Stow's Survey of London (new ed.) 25 Clots of Gold.
1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iii. 120 Marle..fetcht out of the ground in clots or lumps.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 189 Assa-Fœtida is a gum in great yellow Clots.
1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola 275 Crumbled like a clot of dust in his hands.
1887 H. Caine Deemster II. xxv. 206 A great clot of soil might at any moment give way above..him.
2.
a. A semi-solid lump formed of coagulated or curdled liquid, or of melted material.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > state of being coagulated > a congealed substance > a congealed mass
cloddera1400
clota1530
cludder1545
clutter1580
congealmenta1616
coagulation1683
1365 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 39 Ardebant clotes olei unde malus odor exiet.]
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. CCvi Whiche threwe..clottes of myre at hym.
a1626 F. Bacon Physiol. Remains in Baconiana (1679) 144 The White of an Egg with Spirit of Wine, doth bake the Egg into Clots, as if it began to Poch.
1834 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 4) 63 He expectorated an immense clot of mucus.
1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 172 The clots which form..constitute the finest and most delicate butter.
b. spec. of blood.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > coagulated blood > clot or clump
blood-liverOE
clod1398
congelation1483
shed1513
clot1611
grume1718
coagulum1767
blood clot1805
clump1939
sludge1947
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Grumeau de sang, a clot, or clutter of congealed bloud.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. (J.) A clot of grumous blood.
1829 T. Hood Dream Eugene Aram in Gem 1 113 For every clot, a burning spot, Was scorching in my brain!
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 610 They mingled a cup and cast in a clot of blood for each of them.
c. Hence the clot: that part of blood which turns solid, and separates from the serum or permanently liquid part.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > [noun] > clot
cruor1656
crassamentum1730
coagulum1800
the clot1801
1801 Ann. Med. 2nd Lustrum 1 113 When the blood..has given out all the serum.., the coagulated mass which swims in the middle, is known by the name of the Clot or Placenta.
1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 16 That this ‘buffy coat’ is due to the fact that the blood-corpuscles subside in the liquor sanguinis during the coagulation, leaving the upper portion of the clot colourless.
1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 194 Sometimes the clot is of a lighter colour.
a. with clay, earth, etc., expressed.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body > of something
clouda1350
clota1398
clodc1420
cake1549
dodge1562
concretion1617
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > clod > other clods
clota1398
sock1611
iron mould1706
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. xlvi. 850 Saphire stones, þe place þerof, and clottes [1495 de Worde clottes; L. glebæ] þerof is gold.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 24026 O clai þai kest at him þe clote [Trin. Cambr. clot, Gött.clott, Fairf. clotte].
1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle i. iv. (1859) 5 A clote of black erthe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxviii. 6 Where ye clottes of the earth are golde.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. lxiv He wox like earthly clot.
b. without qualification: = clod n.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > clod
clouta1250
gluga1382
clotc1400
clodc1440
glebea1513
turf1607
clat1628
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 856 Al-þaȝ oure corses in clottez clynge.
?c1475 Hunt. Hare 91 Then euery man had a mall, Syche as thei betyn clottys withall.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ixv This harow is gode to breke the great clottes.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Oiv/2 A Clot, gleba.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 112 Clotts from the faugh field.
1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) iv. §5. 45 It must be finely harrowed, and all Clots, Stones, Turfs, etc. picked away.
1876–88 in Glossaries of Cumberland, Yorksh., N.W. Linc., Leicestersh., Berkshire, I. of Wight.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. ‘As cold as a clot.’
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness Clot, a clod of earth..(‘clot of blood’ not used).
c. as collective singular, or as name of the substance: Cloddy earth or clay.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > clod > as substance
clouda1350
clotc1400
clod1557
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 320 Þy corse in clot mot calder k[l] eue.
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 21v Dead and cladde with clot of clay.
d. A clod with the grass on it; a sod.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > sod
turfc725
flagc1440
clot1460
soda1475
shirrel1513
ploud1535
peat1570
clod1594
roughhead1631
pare1651
scurf1708
flaw1811
1460 Medulla Gram. in Promptorium Parvulorum 83 Gleba est durus cespes cum herba, an harde klotte.
1483 Cath. Angl. 68 A Clotte, cespis.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Clot, a clod, a sod.
4. figurative. A dull fellow, a clod n. Still dialect. In modern colloquial use: a fool; a ‘chump’. (Often a mild, or even friendly, term of abuse.)
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]
asseOE
sotc1000
beastc1225
long-ear?a1300
stock1303
buzzard1377
mis-feelinga1382
dasarta1400
stonea1400
dasiberd14..
dottlec1400
doddypoll1401
dastardc1440
dotterel1440
dullardc1440
wantwit1449
jobardc1475
nollc1475
assheada1500
mulea1500
dull-pate15..
peak1509
dulbert?a1513
doddy-patec1525
noddypolla1529
hammer-head1532
dull-head?1534
capon1542
dolt1543
blockhead1549
cod's head1549
mome1550
grout-head1551
gander1553
skit-brains?1553
blocka1556
calfa1556
tomfool1565
dunce1567
druggard1569
cobble1570
dummel1570
Essex calf1573
jolthead1573
hardhead1576
beetle-head1577
dor-head1577
groutnoll1578
grosshead1580
thickskin1582
noddyship?1589
jobbernowl1592
beetle-brain1593
Dorbel1593
oatmeal-groat1594
loggerhead1595
block-pate1598
cittern-head1598
noddypoop1598
dorbellist1599
numps1599
dor1601
stump1602
ram-head1605
look-like-a-goose1606
ruff1606
clod1607
turf1607
asinego1609
clot-poll1609
doddiea1611
druggle1611
duncecomb1612
ox-head1613
clod-polla1616
dulman1615
jolterhead1620
bullhead1624
dunderwhelpa1625
dunderhead1630
macaroona1631
clod-patea1635
clota1637
dildo1638
clot-pate1640
stupid1640
clod-head1644
stub1644
simpletonian1652
bottle-head1654
Bœotiana1657
vappe1657
lackwit1668
cudden1673
plant-animal1673
dolt-head1679
cabbage head1682
put1688
a piece of wood1691
ouphe1694
dunderpate1697
numbskull1697
leather-head1699
nocky1699
Tom Cony1699
mopus1700
bluff-head1703
clod skull1707
dunny1709
dowf1722
stupe1722
gamphrel1729
gobbin?1746
duncehead1749
half-wit1755
thick-skull1755
jackass1756
woollen-head1756
numbhead1757
beef-head1775
granny1776
stupid-head1792
stunpolla1794
timber-head1794
wether heada1796
dummy1796
noghead1800
staumrel1802
muttonhead1803
num1807
dummkopf1809
tumphya1813
cod's head and shoulders1820
stoopid1823
thick-head1824
gype1825
stob1825
stookiea1828
woodenhead1831
ning-nong1832
log-head1834
fat-head1835
dunderheadism1836
turnip1837
mudhead1838
donkey1840
stupex1843
cabbage1844
morepork1845
lubber-head1847
slowpoke1847
stupiditarian1850
pudding-head1851
cod's head and shoulders1852
putty head1853
moke1855
mullet-head1855
pothead1855
mug1857
thick1857
boodle1862
meathead1863
missing link1863
half-baked1866
lunk1867
turnip-head1869
rummy1872
pumpkin-head1876
tattie1879
chump1883
dully1883
cretin1884
lunkhead1884
mopstick1886
dumbhead1887
peanut head1891
pie-face1891
doughbakea1895
butt-head1896
pinhead1896
cheesehead1900
nyamps1900
box head1902
bonehead1903
chickenhead1903
thickwit1904
cluck1906
boob1907
John1908
mooch1910
nitwit1910
dikkop1913
goop1914
goofus1916
rumdum1916
bone dome1917
moron1917
oik1917
jabroni1919
dumb-bell1920
knob1920
goon1921
dimwit1922
ivory dome1923
stone jug1923
dingleberry1924
gimp1924
bird brain1926
jughead1926
cloth-head1927
dumb1928
gazook1928
mouldwarp1928
ding-dong1929
stupido1929
mook1930
sparrow-brain1930
knobhead1931
dip1932
drip1932
epsilon1932
bohunkus1933
Nimrod1933
dumbass1934
zombie1936
pea-brain1938
knot-head1940
schlump1941
jarhead1942
Joe Soap1943
knuckle-head1944
nong1944
lame-brain1945
gobshite1946
rock-head1947
potato head1948
jerko1949
turkey1951
momo1953
poop-head1955
a right one1958
bam1959
nong-nong1959
dickhead1960
dumbo1960
Herbert1960
lamer1961
bampot1962
dipshit1963
bamstick1965
doofus1965
dick1966
pillock1967
zipperhead1967
dipstick1968
thickie1968
poephol1969
yo-yo1970
doof1971
cockhead1972
nully1973
thicko1976
wazzock1976
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
no-brainer1979
jerkwad1980
woodentop1981
dickwad1983
dough ball1983
dickweed1984
bawheid1985
numpty1985
jerkweed1988
dick-sucker1989
knob-end1989
Muppet1989
dingus1997
dicksack1999
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lout or boor > [noun]
carter1509
clumpertonc1534
club1542
pig1546
lout1548
clinchpoop1555
clout-shoe1563
loose-breech1575
hoyden1593
clunch1602
clod1607
camel1609
clusterfist1611
loon1619
Grobian1621
clota1637
hoyde1636
Hottentot1710
yahoo1726
polisson1866
mucker1884
bohunk1908
hairy ape1931
cafone1949
trog1956
oafo1959
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]
dizzyc825
cang?c1225
foolc1225
apec1330
mopc1330
saddle-goosec1346
mis-feelinga1382
foltc1390
mopec1390
fona1400
buffardc1430
fopc1440
joppec1440
fonda1450
fondlinga1450
insipienta1513
plume of feathers1530
bobolynec1540
dizzard1546
Little Witham?1548
nodc1563
dawkin1565
cocknel1566
nigion1570
niddicock1577
nodcock1577
cuckoo1581
Jack with the feather1581
niddipol1582
noddyship?1589
stirkc1590
fonkin1591
Gibraltar1593
fopper1598
noddypeak1598
coxcombry1600
simple1600
gowka1605
nup1607
fooliaminy1608
silly ass1608
dosser-head1612
dor1616
glow-worm1624
liripipea1625
doodle1629
sop1637
spalt1639
fool's head1650
buffle1655
Jack Adams1656
bufflehead1659
nincompoopc1668
bavian1678
nokes1679
foolanea1681
cod1699
hulver-head1699
nigmenog1699
single ten1699
mud1703
dowf1722
foolatum1740
silly billy1749
tommy noddy1774
arsec1785
nincom1800
silly1807
slob1810
omadhaun1818
potwalloper1820
mosy1824
amadan1825
gump1825
gype1825
oonchook1825
prawn1845
suck-egg1851
goosey1852
nowmun1854
pelican1856
poppy-show1860
buggerlugs1861
damfool1881
mudhead1882
yob1886
peanut head1891
haggis bag1892
poop1893
gazob1906
mush1906
wump1908
zob1911
gorm1912
goof1916
goofus1916
gubbins1916
dumb cluck1922
twat1922
B.F.1925
goofer1925
bird brain1926
berk1929
Berkeley1929
Berkeley Hunt1929
ding1929
loogan1929
stupido1929
poop-stick1930
nelly1931
droop1932
diddy1933
slappy1937
goof ball1938
get1940
poon1940
tonk1941
clot1942
yuck1943
possum1945
gobdaw1947
momo1953
nig-nog1953
plonker1955
weenie1956
nong-nong1959
Berkshire Hunt1960
balloon1965
doofus1965
dork1965
nana1965
shit-for-brains1966
schmoll1967
tosspot1967
lunchbox1969
doof1971
tonto1973
dorkus1979
motorhead1979
mouth-breather1979
wally1980
wally brain1981
der-brain1983
langer1983
numpty1985
sotong1988
fanny1995
fannybaws2000
a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady i. vi. 26 in Wks. (1640) III Feats of fine understanding, To abuse Clots, and Clownes with.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clot, a clumsy fellow.
1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 97 Johnny, you clot! What about that beer you were going to get me?
1958 J. Cannan And be Villain vii. 166 Damn that clot of a detective.
1958 P. Mortimer Daddy's gone a-Hunting xxi. 125 Jolly bad luck, what a clot she is.
1959 M. Steen Woman in Back Seat ii. i. 192 I can't stand him! He's the most ghastly clot!
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun]
cloudc893
downOE
hillc1000
penOE
holmc1275
woldc1275
clotc1325
banka1393
knotc1400
nipc1400
rist1577
kop1835
c1325 Early Eng. Allit. Poems (1864) l. 788 Þe hyl of Syon þat semly clot.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 53 Some of the Leafe, some of the Clot, some of the Head, some of both.
Compounds
clot-cold adj.
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1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 45 A dead man is said to be clot-cold.
clot-head n. dialect = clot-pate n.
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1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Clot-heed, a stupid person.
clot-moulder n. (see quot. 1921).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of bricks or tiles > [noun] > brick-maker > involved in specific process
clay-man1440
moulder1599
clay-maker1662
upganger1726
clot-moulder1843
1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 349/1 The clot moulders were dispensed with.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §119 Clot moulder;..prepares table and moulds for brick maker; works and forms lumps of clay (‘clot’) for his use.
Draft additions September 2003
clot-buster n. Medicine colloquial a substance (esp. a drug) that dissolves or breaks down blood clots; a thrombolytic agent.
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1984 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 13 Nov. a7 The results of the first human experiment with this product of gene splicing show that it is a powerful clot buster.
2000 B. Rensberger Life Itself x. 208 Some of the newest drugs for treating heart attacks, incidentally, are the so-called clot busters, or thrombolytics.
Draft additions September 2003
clot-busting adj. Medicine colloquial that dissolves or breaks down blood clots; thrombolytic.
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1984 U.S. News & World Rep. (Nexis) 30 Jan. 59/2 Still in the experimental stage, the clot-busting drug has been given intravenously to about 20 patients within 24 hours of strokes.
2003 Guardian 10 Jan. i. 14/7 The saliva of Desmodus rotundus, the blood-lapping..predator [sc. the vampire bat] that ranges from northern Mexico to Chile, contains a potent clot-busting substance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
clotv.
/klɒt/, U.S. /klɑt/ 1. transitive. To free (lands) from clods; absol. to crush clods. dialect in later use. Cf. clod v.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > clear land
redeeOE
ridlOE
grubc1374
stub1464
clot1483
shrub1553
clear1634
cure1719
stump1796
spade1819
slash1821
underbrush1824
to clean up1839
underbush1886
screef1913
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > break up clods
clodc1420
clot1483
reduce1763
1483 Cath. Angl. 68 To Clotte, occare.
1500 Ortus Vocabulorum in A. Way Promptorium Parvulorum (1843) I. 83 Occo, glebas frangere, to clotte [ Promp. Parv. MS. K c1490 has cloddyn].
1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. A.v The ploughman..tilleth hys lande,..harroweth it, & clotteth it.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1649) 35 Harrow it againe, clot it, smooth it.
1623 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons Introd. 44 To 37 women, 2 daies a piece, clotting the meddowes 00 18 06.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Clot, to break up the clods after harrowing, with a beetle or large mallet.
2.
a. intransitive. To form (itself) into clots, lumps, or congealed masses. Cf. clod v. 3.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [verb (intransitive)] > form lumps
clotterc1405
clodder1499
clod1530
clot1530
cluster1561
clunter1587
clutter1601
coagulate1669
lump1722
coalesce1759
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 488/1 This yerthe clotteth so faste that it muste be broken.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 271 The snow doth weary her and clot vpon her hinder feet.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Brewing Boiling hot liquor..will make the malt clot and cake together.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 200 The bed becomes uneasy by the feathers clotting together into hard knobs.
b. Of people: to come together or move in a crowd.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > cluster > specifically of people
beehive1883
clot1932
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xiii. 273 So they moiled and clotted.
1943 A. Koestler Arrival & Departure 81 They..all clotted at the grate, trying to have a look.
1943 A. Koestler Arrival & Departure 168 The people were clotting into groups, chattering excitedly.
3. Of fluids, as blood, cream, gravy: To coagulate, curdle, run into clots.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > be thick enough to retain form [verb (intransitive)] > coagulate
runeOE
curda1382
congealc1400
clotterc1405
clodder1499
cludder1540
yearna1568
quar1578
curdle1586
clot1591
coagulate1600
clod1639
concoagulate1666
earn1670
set1736
keech1863
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Engrumecer To clot, to quar like cold blood.
1676 E. Halley Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 242 That sort of ink I find..very apt to clot in the pen.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. ii. 77 The blood not yet had clotted on his wound.
1886 Mehalah 328 Bid her come at once before the gravy clots.
4. transitive. To cause to cohere in clots; to mat with sticky matter; to cover with clots of dirt, etc.
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1697 Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 35 His Hair was all clotted together.
1767 Ess. in Ann. Reg. 182/2 Clotting his white hairs with dirt.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 77 The blood from his wounded ear..clotted the fingers of the robber.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xiv. 131 A new blast storming at it and clotting the wet hair.
5. intransitive. ‘To become gross’ (Johnson).
6. dialect. (See quot. 1878.)
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1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Clot, to throw clods, pelt with clods, etc. They clottit t' lasses wid apples.
7. dialect. (See quot.) Cf. clat n.1
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1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Cow-clatting, spreading manure on the fields.]
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Clot, to scatter manure left by animals on grazing land. Clotting-fork, a fork for scattering manure left on grazing land.
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