\Clog\, n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to
to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of
the same origin as E. clay.]
1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
   encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
         All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and
         institutions of England are so many clogs to check
         and retard the headlong course of violence and
         opression.                            --Burke.
2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
   an animal to hinder motion.
         As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits
         his clog.                             --Hudibras.
         A clog of lead was round my feet.     --Tennyson.
3. 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}.
         In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
         middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
                                               --Harvey.
{Clog almanac}, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar,
   formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and
   figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of
   wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a {Runic staff}, from
   the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
{Clog dance}, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or
   thick-soled shoes.
{Clog dancer}.

\Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clogging}.]
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
   impedes motion; to hamper.
         The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
                                               --Dryden.
2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
   up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
         The commodities are clogged with impositions.
                                               --Addison.
         You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.
                                               --Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
     restrict.

\Clog\, v. i.
1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with
   extraneous matter.
         In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw
         will begin to clog.                   --S. Sharp.
2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
         Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog
         not together.                         --Evelyn.