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Webster 1913 Edition

Clot

Clot

(klŏt)
,
Noun.
[OE.
clot
,
clodde
, clod; akin to D.
kloot
ball, G.
kloss
clod, dumpling,
klotz
block, Dan.
klods
, Sw.
klot
bowl, globe,
klots
block; cf. AS.
clāte
bur. Cf.
Clod
,
Noun.
,
Clutter
to clot.]
A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.
“Clots of pory gore.”
Addison.
Doth bake the egg into
clots
as if it began to poach.
Bacon.
☞ Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.

Clot

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clotted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clotting
.]
To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a clot or clod.

Clot

,
Verb.
T.
To form into, or cover with, clots; to cause to coagulate; to make into a slimy mass.

Webster 1828 Edition

Clot

CLOT

,
Noun.
[See Clod.] A concretion, particularly of soft or fluid matter, which concretes into a mass or lump; as a clot of blood. Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word; but we usually apply clod to a hard mass of earth, and clot to a mass of softer substances, or fluids concreted.

CLOT

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To concrete; to coagulate, as soft or fluid matter into a thick, inspissated mass; as milk or blood clots.
2.
To form into clots or clods; to adhere; as, clotted glebe.

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