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accloy
▪ I. accloy, v. Obs. or arch. (əˈklɔɪ) Also 5 encloy, 8 ancloy, 5–6 acloy. [a. OFr. encloye-r, earlier encloër (mod. enclouer):—late L. inclāvā-re to drive in a nail, f. in in + clāvāre to nail, f. clāv-us nail. The Anglo-Fr. en-, an-, being formally associated with OE. an-, on-, was worn down to a-...
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accloying
† aˈccloying, vbl. n. Obs. [f. accloy v. + -ing1.] Filling up; overloading.1557 Paynell Barclay's Jugurtha 112 The accloyeng of gyftes gyuen for rewardes..was vnknowen. 1598 Florio, Fastidio, tediousness, lothsomnes..a loathing of the stomack, an accloying.
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encloy
† 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 ...
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cloy
▪ I. cloy, v.1 (klɔɪ) [Aphetic form of acloy, accloy; but it is possible that sense 1 directly represents OF. cloye-r, mod. clou-er to nail. Senses 5–8 appear to run together with those of clog v.] † 1. trans. To nail, to fasten with a nail. Obs.c 1400 Beryn 3464 Hym list to dryv in bet the nayll, t...
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a-
a-, prefix from various sources. 1. OE. a-, originally ar- (rarely preserved, as in ar-æfnan), OHG. ar-, ir- ur- (mod. G. er-), Goth. us- ur-, implying motion onward or away from a position, hence away, on, up, out, and thus with verbs of motion adding intensity; as in a-bide, a-go, a-rise, a-wake, ...
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