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-- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Clod"dy (?), a. Consisting of
clods; full of clods.

Clod"hop`per (?), n. A rude,
rustic fellow.

Clod"hop`ping, a. Boorish;
rude. C. Bronté.

Clod"pate` (?), n. A
blockhead; a dolt.

Clod"pat`ed (?), a. Stupid;
dull; doltish.

Clod"poll` (?), n. [Clod +
poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written
also clodpole.] Shak.

Cloff (?; 115), n. [Etymol.
uncertain.] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every
three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now
used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the
original weight. [Written also clough.]
McCulloch.

Clog (?), n. [OE. clogge
clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot,
v., 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.


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