(v.) That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance,
restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
(v.) A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an
animal to hinder motion.
(v.) 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.
(v. t.) To encumber or load, especially with something that
impedes motion; to hamper.
(v. t.) To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
(v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
(v. i.) To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with
extraneous matter.
(v. i.) To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
