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Definition of Cloot
1. n. One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.
Definition of Cloot
1. a cloven hoof [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloot
Literary usage of Cloot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"A part formed by (physical) division: part; spec, subdivision, section, parcel,
fragment, cut, lobe, lobule, cloot (Scot, and dial. Eng.), etc. t. ..."
2. Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
"Let May be oot (oui) before you cast a cloot (л. piece of clothing). Sc. Гг.
Let me be cruel, not unnatural ; / I will speak daggers to her, but use none. ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"cloot, to clout, to patch with cloth, or to mend anything with a patch, ...
Aa'll pin a dish-cloot te yor tail," says an irate cook to an intruder into the ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"... who was overheard enquiring into the accomplishments of his sweetheart, asked
amongst other things, ' Can thä set a cloot on a shot (shirt) withoot ..."
5. The Surgeon's Daughter and Castle Dangerous: With General Glossary by Walter Scott (1879)
""cloot and cloot," hoof blow; also indentation in a brass or pewter vessel; ...
Clute, see cloot. Coal-heugh, place where coals are hewed or dug. ..."
6. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"cloot and cloot. Hoof and hoof. i,e^, every Hoof. CLOTH mnst we wear, | Eat beef
and drink beer, Tbtf the dead go to bier. ..."
7. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1889)
"He fetched him a cloot o' th' side o' his head that maade :¡11 his ... While May
is oot, Cast not a cloot. "There's moore float then pudding. ..."
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