Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame. · To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full. · To clog, clog up; to block. · To be disgusting to.
From Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, encloer (“to drive in a nail”), from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in- + clavus (“nail”).
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