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▪ I. cluttering, vbl. n.|ˈklʌtərɪŋ|
The action of the vb. clutter, in various senses.
1577Dee Relat. Spir. i. (1659) 6 Thumping, shuffing, and cluttering. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. xci. (1612) 369 The noueltie of Cooches scath'd me so, As from their drifts and cluttering I knew not where to go. 1660H. More Myst. Godl. v. x. 160 The cluttering of Trees together to keep the Sun off from him. 1843Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxvi, Noisy with the..cluttering of fowls in coops. 1878tr. Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 817 The defect of speech called by..the English Cluttering.
▪ II. ˈcluttering, ppl. a.
That clutters; speaking with hurried and confused utterance. Hence ˈclutteringly, adv.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Gagg 48 Masters..that goe workmanlike, and not like you, clutteringly to worke. 1748J. Mason Elocut. 17 To cure a thick confused cluttering Voice. a1791Wesley Wks. (1872) XIII. 519 Speaking in a thick, cluttering manner. |