That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.
A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug.
to walk heavily; to plod; to walk through resisting terrain, as in mud.
To work steadily and ploddingly; to toil.