noun. undefined

noun. Influence; pull.

noun. Power; muscle.

noun. A blow, especially with the fist.

noun. undefined

noun. A long powerful hit.

noun. An archery target.

transitive verb. To hit, especially with the fist.

noun. A piece of cloth, especially a baby's diaper.

noun. A blow with the hand; a cuff.

To patch; mend by sewing on a clout or patch; cobble; hence, to join clumsily.

To cover with a piece of cloth or with rags; bandage.

To rub with an old piece of cloth, felt, or the like.

To strike with the hand; cuff.

noun. A patch; a piece of cloth, leather, etc., used to mend something.

noun. Any piece of cloth, especially a worthless piece, or one designed for a mean use; a rag.

noun. Any small piece; a fragment; a tatter; a bit.

noun. In archery: The mark fixed in the center of the butts at which archers are shooting.

noun. A small white target placed near the ground.

noun. An arrow that has hit the target.

noun. An iron plate fastened upon an axletree to keep it from wearing.

noun. Same as clout-nail.

To stud or fasten with nails.

noun. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

noun. A swadding cloth.

noun. A piece; a fragment.

noun. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

noun. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

noun. A blow with the hand.

noun. a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.

transitive verb. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

transitive verb. To join or patch clumsily.

transitive verb. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

transitive verb. To give a blow to; to strike.

transitive verb. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.

transitive verb. clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk.

noun. Influence or effectiveness, especially political.

noun. A blow with the hand.

noun. A home run.

noun. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

noun. A swaddling cloth.

noun. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

noun. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

noun. A piece; a fragment.

verb. To hit, especially with the fist.

noun. special advantage or influence

noun. (boxing) a blow with the fist

noun. a target used in archery

noun. a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood

verb. strike hard, especially with the fist

"You speculated how the word clout came to mean “to steal.”"

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