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Cloot

Cloot \Cloot\, n. [Cf. G. dial. kleuzen to split.] (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)

  1. One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.

  2. The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the pl.
    --Burns.

Usage examples of "cloot".

Herault, whose aristocratic birth and intellectual manner rendered him suspect, with lunatics and thugs on the left like Maillard and Cloots, whom he found simply disgusting.

Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the outby land, and there's scarce a cloot left.

Carlyle y busqué las páginas consagradas al orador del género humano, Anacharsis Cloots, que me había conducido a aquella mañana y a aquella soledad.

Those near him, still recover­ing from the mental stress of having looked at Cleet, gave murmurs which indicated they had similar plans.