What does accloy mean?
Definitions for accloy
ac·cloy
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accloyverb
To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
accloyverb
To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full.
accloyverb
To clog, clog up; to block.
accloyverb
To be disgusting to.
Etymology: From encloyer, encloer, from inclavare, from in- + clavus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Accloyverb
At the well-head the purest streams arise:
But mucky filth his branching arms annoys,
And with uncomely weeds the gentle wave accloys. Fairy Q.They that escape best in the temperate zone, would be accloyed with long nights, very tedious, no less than forty days. John Ray, on the Creation.
Webster Dictionary
Accloyverb
to fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy
Etymology: [OF. encloyer, encloer, F. enclouer, to drive in a nail, fr. L. in + clavus nail.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Accloy
ak-kloi′, v.t. (obs.) to cloy or choke: to fill to satiety: to encumber. [See Cloy.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of accloy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of accloy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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