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n. [ AS. clūt a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. klut, Icel. klūtr a kerchief, or W. clwt a clout, Gael. clud. ] 1. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. [ 1913 Webster ]

His garments, nought but many ragged clouts,
With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A swadding cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece; a fragment. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. [ 1913 Webster ]

A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A blow with the hand. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Clout nail, a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting. ] [ OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n. ] 1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. [ 1913 Webster ]

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join or patch clumsily. [ 1913 Webster ]

If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. P. Fletcher [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give a blow to; to strike. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. A. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “Clouted brogues” in Shakespeare and “clouted shoon” in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Clout, n. ] Clumsy; awkward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divest of a clout. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dishcloth. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion.
Syn. -- radioactive dust, radioactive fallout. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the falling to the ground of radioactive particles lifted into the atmosphere by a nuclear explosion. [ PJC ]

3. an incidental or unexpected effect, especially one which is undesirable, consequent to an event or process; ; -- usually used only in the singular; as, the fallout from the disclosure of the Lewinsky tapes made trouble for the President for months after the event; fallout from the stock market crash caused property prices to decline in the New York area. [ PJC ]

4. (Med.) one selected from a group by some criterion. [ cant ] [ PJC ]

Corrective action was taken in 97 of the 418 fallouts from 3, 787 patients at risk. H. Gill Cryer et al. (Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. Vol 41, no. 3, 1996). [ PJC ]

5. one who fails to maintain the same pace as and lags behind a group of which s/he is a member. [ cant ] [ PJC ]

The executive officer's group noted all fallouts by name and policed them into a group to complete the run at a slower pace. Lt. Col. William C. David (Preparing a Battalion for Combat: Physical Fitness and Mental Toughness. Army University After Next - Virtual Research Library). [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting. ] [ OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute. ] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phillida flouts me. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mock; an insult. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who flouts; a mocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See For-, and Slouth. ] To lose by sloth or negligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Scot. Cf. Gloat. ] To pout; to look sullen. [ Obs. ] Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at. [ Obs. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. louten, luten, AS. lūtan; akin to Icel. lūta, Dan. lude, OHG. lūzēn to lie hid. ] To bend; to box; to stoop. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly also written lowt. ] A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Clownish; rude; awkward. “Loutish clown.” Sir P. Sidney. -- Lout"ish*ly, adv. -- Lout"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native names. ] (Zool.) A crested black monkey (Semnopithecus maurus) of Java. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Also plowter, plotter. ] [ Perh. imitative. ] To wade or move about with splashing; to dabble; also, to potter; trifle; idle. [ Scot. & Dial. Eng. ]

I did not want to plowter about any more. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Also plowter. ] Act of ploutering; floundering; act or sound of splashing. [ Scot. & Dial.Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]