clots
plural of clot
clots
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clot
• Colts, clost, colts
Source: Wiktionary
Clot, n. Etym: [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. clate bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.]
Definition: A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison. Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon.
Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.
Clot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.]
Definition: To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
Clot, v. t.
Definition: To form into a slimy mass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 April 2024
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