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Clot(medicine)
clot-bur(dictionary)
clot(2)(dictionary)
Clot(health)
passive clot(medicine)
postmortem clot(medicine)
Blood clot(health)
Blood clot(medicine)
clot 1, verb(dictionary)

clot(1) (iou)



clot noun. See also CLOD noun.
[Old English clot(t) = Middle High German kloz (German Klotz), from Germanic: cf. CLEAT, CLOUT noun1.]
A mass of material stuck or matted together; a semi-solid lump of coagulated liquid, esp. one formed from blood exposed to air. OE.
R. Adams A flat, wet clot of dead leaves.
= CLOD noun 2. Long dial. ME.
= CLOD noun 4. Now rare. LME.
fig. A clumsy awkward person; (now more commonly) a stupid person, a dolt. Cf. CLOD noun 6. Now colloq. M17.
T. Rattigan Johnny, you clot! What about that beer?
Comb.: clot-bird the wheatear; clotpole, clotpoll arch. = clodpole s.v. CLOD noun.
clottish adjective (colloq.) stupid, somewhat blockheaded M20.
clotty adjective (now rare) full of clots or lumps, inclined to clot LME.