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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clog \Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clogged} (kl[o^]gd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clogging}.]
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
impedes motion; to hamper.
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The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
--Dryden.
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2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
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3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
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The commodities are clogged with impositions.
--Addison.
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You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer. --Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
restrict.
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