| 释义 |
claggy, a. Chiefly dial.|ˈklægɪ|
[f. clag + -y.]
Tending to clag, or to form sticky lumps or clots; tenaciously sticky, adhesive. Hence ˈclagginess.
1570Levins Manip. 98 Claggye, lubricus. 1611Cotgr., Iotteux, claggie, clammie, cleauing. 1788W. Marshall E. Yorksh. Gloss., Claggy, sticky, as wet clay. 1796Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXVI. 433 To render copper less tough and clingy (note, The workmen say, claggy). 1838Blackw. Mag. XLIV. 540 The spider spreads his claggy snares. 1876Robinson Whitby Gloss. (E.D.S.), Claggy, sticky like pitch; tenacious.—Clagginess, adhesiveness. 1881Raymond Mining Gloss., Claggy, Newc., when the coal is tightly joined to the roof, the mine is said to have a claggy top. |