† clotteryadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Clotty, cloddy.
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clotty?1523
cloddy1545
clottery1567
surly1609
crust-clung1610
glebous1671
soil-bound1688
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Ev The glebie fielde, and clottrie glebe With mattocke thou must tame.
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