Dictionary entry

Clog (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clogging.] 1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.

Dryden.

2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

The commodities are clogged with impositions.

Addison.

You 'll rue the time

That clogs me with this answer.

Shak.

Syn. — Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.