v. t. [ OF. encloyer, encloer, F. enclouer, to drive in a nail, fr. L. in + clavus nail. ] To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Who can ] cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He never shod horse but he cloyed him. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That does not cloy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Satiety. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To fill beyond satiety. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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