clottyadj.
/ˈklɒti/ Full of clots, inclined to clot; †formerly also = cloddy adj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps
globose?a1425
clotty?1523
cloddy1547
cloddered1558
lumpy1707
lumpish1735
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > lumpy
clotty?1523
cloddy1545
clottery1567
surly1609
crust-clung1610
glebous1671
soil-bound1688
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. x Yf the barley grounde..be clotty, it wolde be betten with malles.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball i. xviii. 28 Clottie & congeled bloud.
1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 318 Then sparingly he sups, instead of beer, The cloathy dregs of dying vineger.
1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus xxxi. 185 The matter expectorated is..thin and mixt with thick, clotty, blewish, yellow, greenish,or blackish fleam.
1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 49 The upper part of the [Gun] Powder in the Cask weak and clotty.
1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 507 If the land be..clotty, it is..advantageous to pass a light roller over it.
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