CLOUR, kl[=oo]r, _n._ a knock: a swelling caused by a knock.--_v.t._ to
knock: to raise a bump. [Scot.; cf. Ice. _klór_.]
CLOUT, klowt, _n._ a piece of cloth used for mending: a rag: a piece of
cloth used by archers to shoot at, then the shot itself: a blow: a
cuff.--_v.t._ to mend with a patch: to cover with a cloth: to
cuff.--_p.adj._ CLOUT'ED (_Shak._), heavy and patched, as shoes having
nails in the soles: covered with a clout.--_adj._ CLOUT'ERLY,
clownish.--_ns._ CLOUT'-NAIL, a large-headed nail used for the soles of
boots; CLOUT'-SHOE, a shoe having the sole protected by clout-nails. [A.S.
_clút_; cf. Ice. _klútr_, a kerchief; Dan. _klud_, rag.]