CLOUT
\klˈa͡ʊt], \klˈaʊt], \k_l_ˈaʊ_t]\
Definitions of CLOUT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a target used in archery
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special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull"
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strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his attacker"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
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A swadding cloth.
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A piece; a fragment.
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An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
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To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
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To join or patch clumsily.
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To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
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To give a blow to; to strike.
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To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
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The center of the butt at which archers shoot; - probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
By Oddity Software
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A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
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A swadding cloth.
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A piece; a fragment.
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An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
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To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.
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To join or patch clumsily.
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To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
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To give a blow to; to strike.
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To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
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The center of the butt at which archers shoot; - probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
By Noah Webster.
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A small piece of cloth: a piece of cloth sewed on clumsily; a rag.
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To mend with a patch: to mend clumsily.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A piece of cloth, leather,&c.; used for a patch; a rag a piece of old cloth used for scouring, &c.; —the centre of the butt at which archers shoot; —an iron plate on an axletree. [French] A small nail; —a blow with the hand.
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