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Webster 1913 Edition

Clog

Clog

(klŏg)
,
Noun.
[OE.
clogge
clog, Scot.
clag
,
Noun.
, a clot,
Verb.
, to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E.
clay
.]
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.
Burke.
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
.
Hudibras.
A
clog
of lead was round my feet.
Tennyson.
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
.
Harvey.
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.
–
Clog dancer
.

Clog

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clogged
(klŏgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clogging
.]
1.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
The winds of birds were
clogged
with ace and snow.
Dryden.
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.
Addison.
Syn. – Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clog

,
Verb.
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
.
S. Sharp.
2.
To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds
clog
not together.
Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clog

CLOG

, v.t.
1.
To load or fill with something that retards or hinders motion; as, to clog the channel of a river; to clog a passage.
2.
To put on any thing that encumbers, with a view to hinder or restrain leaping; to shackle; as, to clog a beast.
3.
To load with any thing that encumbers; to burden; to embarrass; as, to clog commerce with impositions or restrictions.
4.
To obstruct natural motion, or render it difficult; to hinder; to impede.

CLOG

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To coalesce; to unite and adhere in a cluster or mass.
Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.
2.
To form an accretion; to be loaded or encumbered with extraneous matter.
The teeth of the saw will begin to clog.

CLOG

, n.
1.
Any thing put upon an animal to hinder motion, or leaping, as a piece of wood fastened to his leg.
2.
An encumbrance; that which hinders motion, or renders it difficult; hindrance; impediment.
3.
A wooden shoe; also, a sort of pattern worn by ladies to keep their feet dry in wet weather.

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