clout
/klaสt/noun
- 1
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
- 2
A blow with the hand.
- 3
A home run.
- 4
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
- 5
A swaddling cloth.
- 6
A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.
- 7
An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
- 8
A piece; a fragment.
verb
- 1
To hit, especially with the fist.
- 2
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
- 3
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
- 4
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
- 5
To join or patch clumsily.
verb
- 1
To form a clot or mass.
- 2
To cause to clot or form into a mass.
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