clout

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clout †patch, metal plate OE.; piece of cloth XIII; (from the vb.) blow with the hand XIV. OE. clūt, corr. to (M)LG., MDu. klūt(e) (Du. kluit lump, clod), ON. klútr kerchief; rel. to CLEAT, CLOT.
Hence clout vb. patch OE. (clūtian, in pp. ġeclūtod) cuff heavily XIV.

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