CLOT, noun [See Clod.] A concretion, particularly of soft or fluid matter, which concretes into a mass or lump; as a clot of blood. Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word; but we usually apply clod to a hard mass of earth, and clot to a mass of softer substances, or fluids concreted. CLOT, verb intransitive 1. To concrete; to coagulate, as soft or fluid matter into a thick, inspissated mass; as milk or blood clots. 2. To form into clots or clods; to adhere; as, clotted glebe.
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