† enˈcloy, v. Obs.
[a. OF. encloye-r, encloër (mod. enclouer), to drive in a nail. Cf. prec. and accloy.]
trans. To lame or maim by driving in a nail. Also fig.
| 1393 Gower Conf. II. 47 And halted, as he were encloied. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas (1558) viii. xxi. 18 False ambicion and froward duplicite Hath many a realme & many a land encloied. |