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Definition of Accloy
1. v. t. To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
Definition of Accloy
1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive archaic) To be disgusting to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accloy
1. to prick with a horse shoe nail [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accloy
Literary usage of Accloy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"... and now spelt cloy; see accloy in the New E. Dictionary. As for F. clou, it
was transferred into English with the sense of ' clove/ the plural being ..."
2. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"(waste) 638. choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate ; pile up, lay on thick ; lavish &c.
(squander) 818. Adj. redundant; too -much, - many; exuberant, inordinate, ..."
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