Clog | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Clōg, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CLOGGED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLOGGING.] [Scot. clag, to obstruct, to cover with mud or any thing adhesive. Dan. klæg, sticky, Icel. kleggi, a compact mass, W. cleg, a sonorous mass, clegr, rock, clog, clogan, a large stone, Ir. cloch, cloach, stone.] 1. To encumber, as with a burden; to load, especially with something that sticks fast; to hamper. The wings of the birds were clogged with ice and snow. Dryden.

To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube; to clog a channel.
To hinder; to embarrass; to confuse; to perplex.

You'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. Shak. Syn.—Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clŏg, v. i.

verbintransitive

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. Sharp. 2. To coalesce or adhere. Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. Evelyn.

Clōg, n.

noun

n. [See supra.] 1. That which hinders motion; an impediment; an embarrassment; a restraint.

All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. Burke.

Sense 2. A weight tied to an animal to hinder its motions.

As a dog . . . by chance breaks loose And quits his clog. Hudibras.

Sense 3. A heavy shoe, having the upper part of thick leather, and the sole of wood;—hence, also, a wooden shoe. Halliwell.

In France . . . the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey.

An illustration of a wooden clog with a raised heel and a strap across the top. — Clog, (3.)