Cloy

·vt To spike, as a cannon.

II. Cloy ·vt To stroke with a claw.

III. Cloy ·vt To penetrate or pierce; to Wound.

IV. Cloy ·vt To fill or choke up; to stop up; to Clog.

V. Cloy ·vt To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to Satiate; to fill to loathing; to Surfeit.

cloy
To steal. To cloy the clout; to steal the handkerchief. To cloy the lour; to steal money. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
file cloy
A pick pocket. To file; to rob or cheat. The file, or bungnipper, goes generally in company with two...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
cloy, to
To drive an iron spike by main force into the vent or touch-hole of a gun, which renders it unservic...

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