Clog

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

II. Clog ·vi To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

III. Clog ·v A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

IV. Clog ·vt To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

V. Clog ·v That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

VI. Clog ·vt To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to Hamper.

VII. Clog ·vt To Burden; to Trammel; to Embarrass; to Perplex.

VIII. Clog ·v 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.

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