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clot

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

clot / klät/ • n. a thick mass of coagulated liquid, esp. blood, or of material stuck together: a flat, wet clot of dead leaves | fig. a clot of people. • v. (clot·ted , clot·ting ) form or cause to form into clots: [intr.] drugs that help blood to clot | [tr.] a blood protein known as factor VIII clots blood. ∎ [tr.] cover (something) with sticky matter: its nostrils were clotted with blood.

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clot

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

clot lump, esp. one formed by coagulation. OE. clot(t) = MHG. kloz (G. klotz) :- WGmc. *klutt-, f. *klut- *kleut- *klaut-; Cf. CLEAT, CLOUT.

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T. F. HOAD. "clot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clot.html

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clot

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

clot •allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, motte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, twat, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht •robot • hotshot • peridot • microdot •Wyandot • polka dot • fylfot • mascot •Caldecott • carrycot • apricot •boycott • dovecote • sandlot • melilot •polyglot • Camelot • ocelot •monoglot • sub-plot • Lancelot •cachalot • counterplot • Wilmot •guillemot • motmot • bergamot

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