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Clog, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Clogged (?); 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.

You 'll rue the time

That clogs me with this answer.

Shak.

Syn. -- Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden;
restrain; restrict.

Clog, v. 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.


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