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Clot

Clŏt, n.

noun

n. [See CLOD.] A concretion, especially of a soft, slimy character; a coagulation. “Clots of ropy gore.” Addison.

☞ Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers, as Holland and B. Jonson; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth and kindred uses, and clot to a concretion of soft matter.

Clŏt, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. CLOTTED; p. pr. & vb. n. CLOTTING.]

  1. To concrete or coagulate, as soft or fluid matter, into a thick, inspissated mass.
  2. To be formed into clots or clods; to adhere; as, clotted glebe. Philips.
  3. To become gross; to be defiled, as by clots.

When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.