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.
Evelyn.
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.
All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
institutions of England are so many clogs to check and
retard the headlong course of violence and opression.
Burke.
2. A weight, as a log or block of wood,
attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog.
Hudibras.
A clog of lead was round my feet.
Tennyson.
3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect
the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and
having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf.
Chopine.
In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
Harvey.
Clog almanac, a primitive kind of
almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting
notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece
of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff,
from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. --
Clog dance, a dance performed by a person
wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog
dancer.