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clog

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

clog / kläg; klôg/ • n. 1. a shoe with a thick wooden sole. 2. an encumbrance or impediment: a clog in the system. • v. (clogged , clog·ging ) [tr.] fill or block with an accumulation of thick, wet matter: the gutters were clogged up with leaves. ∎ [intr.] become blocked in this way: too much fatty food makes your arteries clog up. ∎ fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage: tourists clog the roads in summer.

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clog

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

clog (dial.) block of wood XIV; wooden-soled shoe XV. of unkn. orig.
Hence clog vb. fetter, hamper, encumber. XIV.

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clog

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

clog •agog, befog, blog, bog, clog, cog, dog, flog, fog, frog, grog, hog, Hogg, hotdog, jog, log, nog, prog, slog, smog, snog, sprog, tautog, tog, trog, wog •hangdog • lapdog • seadog • sheepdog •watchdog • bulldog • gundog • firedog •underdog • pettifog • pedagogue •demagogue • synagogue • sandhog •hedgehog • warthog • groundhog •roadhog • backlog • Kellogg • weblog •eclogue •epilogue (US epilog) •prologue (US prolog) • footslog •ideologue •dialogue (US dialog) • duologue •Decalogue •analog, analogue (US analog) •monologue • apologue •catalogue (US catalog) • travelogue •eggnog • leapfrog • bullfrog •Taganrog •golliwog, polliwog •phizog • Herzog

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