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clog

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Searchable Lemmata: cloga (L), clog (ME), clog (OScots), clog (MdE).
Alternate Forms: clogge.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Footwear; wooden or wooden-soled shoe.(ante 1400 still in current use)
1. ubi antiqui in primo ingressu in ecclesiam capucia dimittebant ... , hodie ... armati incedunt manus cirotecis, pedes cloggis, caput capellis Other. [DMLBS BRINTON (Serm. 7 p. 20) circa 1373/89]
2. Qe les Patynmakers ... ne facent ascuns patyns ne clogges del maeresme appelle Aspe Legal. [MED Statutes Realm (2.19) 1416]
L, ME, MdE, OScots.
Sex: Male    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Foot.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, Obscure derivation.
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