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clogging

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clog  (klôg, klg)
n.
1. An obstruction or hindrance.
2. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement.
3. A heavy, usually wooden-soled shoe.
v. clogged, clog·ging, clogs
v.tr.
1. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways.
2. To hamper the function or activity of; impede: "attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin).
v.intr.
1. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust.
2. To thicken or stick together; clot.
3. To do a clog dance.

[Middle English, block attached to an animal's leg.]
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clog
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Adj.1.clogging - preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street"
preventative, preventive - tending to prevent or hinder
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clogging
n clogging [ˈklogiŋ]
Irish tap dancing. klompedans رَقْصَه إرلَنْدِيَّه تَعْتَمِدُ على دَقِّ القَدَم ирл. танц с дървени обувки dřeváčkový tanec irsk stepdans irischer Stepptanz είδος ιρλανδικού χορού με κλακέτες baile típico irlandés iiri stepptants نوعی رقص ایرلندی با کفش چوبی Les claquettes רִקוּד אִירִי एक तरह का नृत्य vrsta plesa u Irskoj kopogós, facipős tánc tari tep Irlandia (danza ritmata irlandese) (아일랜드의) 나막신 춤 airiškas tryptinis īru tautas deja ar piesitieniem tarian tep orang Irish klompendans irsk steppdans taniec w drewniakach чечётка drevákový (stepovací) tanec vrsta plesa v coklah vrsta irskog plesa träskodans การเต้นรำของชาวไอริช step dansı 愛爾蘭踢踏舞 ірландська чечітка آئرش رقص nhảy điệu clacket 屐舞


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He read the leading article, in which it was maintained that it was quite senseless in our day to raise an outcry that radicalism was threatening to swallow up all conservative elements, and that the government ought to take measures to crush the revolutionary hydra; that, on the contrary, "in our opinion the danger lies not in that fantastic revolutionary hydra, but in the obstinacy of traditionalism clogging progress," etc.
By those best acquainted with his habits, the paleness of the young minister's cheek was accounted for by his too earnest devotion to study, his scrupulous fulfilment of parochial duty, and more than all, to the fasts and vigils of which he made a frequent practice, in order to keep the grossness of this earthly state from clogging and obscuring his spiritual lamp.
Something must be done at once or they would rush forward upon their fellows in a mad stampede that would result in trampling down hundreds beneath the flood and eventually clogging the passage beyond any hope of retreat for those in advance.
 
 
 
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