cloggingn.
/ˈklɒɡɪŋ/ 1. The action of clog v.; encumbering, obstruction, etc.; also concrete that which clogs.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > action of
lettingOE
impeachingc1400
thwartingc1430
interruption1463
inhibition1621
obstructing1641
clogging1647
obstruction1656
thorteringa1693
interclusion1798
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > that which closes by blocking
stoppance1493
stoppage1540
obstruction1604
clogging1647
clog1669
obstruent1669
glut1695
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [noun] > closing or shutting > stopping or blocking up
forbarringc1449
stopping1487
stoppage1540
obturation1583
obstipation1612
interclusion1623
occlusion1645
stopping up1671
blocking1706
clogging1846
choking1863
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > filling to obstruction
clogging1846
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. iii. xxv Truth doth..pierce, open, and disgregate All ascititious cloggings.
1666 J. Bunyan Grace Abounding ⁋164. 26 Such a Clogging and heat at my Stomach.
1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 257 The ‘fouling’ and ‘clogging’ up of the barrel.
2.
a. The soling with wooden soles.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > heeling or soling > soling with wooden soles
clogging1640
1640 Wilmslow Churchwardens' Accts. in J. P. Earwaker E. Cheshire (1877) I. 110 Paid for the clogginge of a paire of clogges for Manners Newton iiijd.
b. The putting on of clogs.Apparently an isolated use.
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1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 252 Oh the shawlings, the cloakings, the cloggings!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
cloggingadj.
/ˈklɒɡɪŋ/ That clogs; encumbering, hampering, obstructing; see the verb.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering
cumbrousa1400
accumbrousa1450
pesterable1540
pesterous1548
clogginga1568
cumbersome1594
pestering1606
encumbering1641
cloying1647
hampering1812
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > rendered immobile or held fast > hampered or obstructed > hampering or obstructing
clogging1735
shackling1861
a1568 R. Ascham in A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. (1576) 444 Richesse, free from clogging carefulnesse.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 193 The clogging burthen of a guiltie soule. View more context for this quotation
1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 262 Moil'd in the clogging Clay.
1889 Athenæum 17 Aug. 216/3 In spite of his clogging surroundings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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