Clout

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  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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