clout

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• Clout

  ·noun A swadding cloth. II. Clout ·noun A piece; a fragment. III. Clout ·noun A blow with the hand...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• clout

  A blow or strike, most properly with the fist. This word is found in several old English authors, an...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clout

  1) to piece or mend with cloth or iron ; also to beat. N. 2) a pole, or staff. Lincolnsh. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• clout

  From the Teutonic kotzen, a blow. Also, a gore of blood. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• rum clout

  A fine silk, cambric, or holland handkerchief. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• clout-nails

  Short nails with large heads for the soles of strong shoes.--Hartshorne's Shropshire. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clout-nails

  [Fr. clouter]. To stud with nails, as ships' bottoms and piles were before the introduction of sheet...

  The Sailor's Word-Book