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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clog, Cloig, n. Also: cloige, cloog. [ME. clog (1371), clogge, cloge, of obscure origin.] A clog or block of wood; a wooden shoe.c1500-c1512 Dunb. li. 11.
I wald he had ane hawye clog. Madame, ȝe heff ane dangerous Dog! 1586 Edinb. D. Guild. Acc. 254.
Ane gret clog of tymmer … to be ane new stok to the courfour bell 1656 Peebles B. Rec. II. 35.
Any person who shall find any hen or capone without a cloige … to sease upon the samyn 1665 Lauder Journal 9.
[The] Cordeliers … go … bar leged, only instead of shoes having cloogs of wood 1684 Stirling B. Rec. II. 324.
For carieing up … the bolmes and cloges … that broke the yce
