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accloyed

accloyed is the simple past and past participle of accloy.

Meaning of accloy

Verb

accloy (third-person singular simple present accloys, present participle accloying, simple past and past participle accloyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To clog, clog up; to block.
    • At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii
  4. (archaic, transitive) To be disgusting to.

Questions about accloyed

What is accloyed the simple past and past participle of?
Accloyed is the simple past and past participle of accloy.

Words near accloyed in the dictionary

  1. acclivities
  2. acclivitous
  3. acclivity
  4. acclivous
  5. accloy
  6. accloyed
  7. accloying
  8. accloys
  9. ACCME
  10. accoast
  11. accoasted

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