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cloying
(encz) | cloying, adj: |
Cloying
(gcide) | Cloy \Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cloying.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr.
OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]
1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.]
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The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by
sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed.
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2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill
to loathing; to surfeit.
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[Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast? --Shak.
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He sometimes cloys his readers instead of
satisfying. --Dryden.
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3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
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Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
--Spenser.
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He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon.
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4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.
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cloying
(wn) | cloying
adj 1: overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy,
treacly] |
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cloyingly
(encz) | cloyingly,nasládle adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Cloying
(gcide) | Cloy \Cloy\ (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cloying.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr.
OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]
1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.]
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The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by
sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed.
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2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill
to loathing; to surfeit.
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[Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast? --Shak.
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He sometimes cloys his readers instead of
satisfying. --Dryden.
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3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
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Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
--Spenser.
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He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon.
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4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Surcloying
(gcide) | Surcloy \Sur"cloy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcloyed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Surcloying.]
To surfeit. [Obs.]
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cloyingly
(wn) | cloyingly
adv 1: in an overly sweet manner |
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