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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \Clot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clotted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Clotting}.]
To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter
by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \Clot\, n. [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 cl[=a]te bur. Cf {Clod},
n., {Clutter} to clot.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clot \Clot\, v. t.
To form into a slimy mass.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
clot
n : a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid [syn:
{coagulum}]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: {coagulate}]
2: turn into curds,as of dairy products; "curdled milk" [syn: {curdle},
{clabber}] [ant: {homogenize}]
3: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: {clog}]
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