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clout-nail
ˈclout-nail [f. clout n.1 2, v. 3 + nail.] 1. A flat-headed nail for fastening a ‘wain-clout’ on an axle, etc.1463 in Rogers Agric. & Prices III. 453/1 Clout nail. 1581 Ibid. 1611 Cotgr., Clou à hape, a clowte nayle. 1866 Rogers Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 546 By far the largest amount of information..o...
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counter-clout
ˈcounter-clout [counter- + clout-nail.] A nail with a large head flat above like a clout-nail but bevelled below so as to be counter-sunk in an iron plate, etc.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 11/2, 3,000 different kinds of nails..such as clasp, clout, counter-clout [etc.].
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clout
▪ I. clout, n.1 (klaʊt) Forms: 1 cl{uacu}t, 3 clut(e, 4– clout. (Also 4 north. clotes, 4–7 clowt(e, cloute, 5–6 clought, ? clot(t in comb., 6 clutte.) [OE. cl{uacu}t; cf. 14th c. Icel. kl{uacu}tr ‘a kerchief’ (? not native), Sw. klut, Norw. and Da. klud clout, rag, tatter, shred. Ir. clud, cluid, Ga...
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