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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.

Definition 2024

clog

clog

English

Noun

clog ‎(plural clogs)

  1. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
    Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.
  2. A blockage.
    The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.
  3. (Britain, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
    • 1987, Withnail and I:
      Withnail: I let him in this morning. He lost one of his clogs.
  4. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
    • Hudibras
      As a dog […] by chance breaks loose, / And quits his clog.
    • Tennyson
      A clog of lead was round my feet.
  5. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
    • Burke
      All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

clog ‎(third-person singular simple present clogs, present participle clogging, simple past and past participle clogged)

  1. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
    Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
    The roads are clogged up with traffic.
  2. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
    • Dryden
      The wings of winds were clogged with ice and snow.
  3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
    • Addison
      The commodities are clogged with impositions.
    • Shakespeare
      You'll rue the time / That clogs me with this answer.

Translations

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cloc, from Late Latin clocca ‎(“bell”) (compare Welsh cloch, Cornish clogh, Breton kloc’h), from Proto-Indo-European *kleg- ‎(“to cry, sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klˠɔɡ]

Noun

clog m ‎(genitive singular cloig, nominative plural cloig)

  1. bell
  2. clock
  3. blowball, clock (of dandelion)
  4. blister

Declension

  • Alternative plural: cloganna (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

Verb

clog ‎(present analytic clogann, future analytic clogfaidh, verbal noun clogadh, past participle clogtha)

  1. (intransitive) ring a bell
  2. (transitive) stun with noise
  3. (intransitive) blister

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
clog chlog gclog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "clog" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “clog” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • “cloc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

Middle English clog ‎(“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /klɒɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /klɑɡ/, /klɔɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒɡ

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