Definitions for: Cloy


[v] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
[v] supply or feed to surfeit



Webster (1913) Definition: Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr.
& vb. n. Cloying.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr.
OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]
1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.]

The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by
sinking ships, laden with stones. --Speed.

2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill
to loathing; to surfeit.

[Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare
imagination of a feast? --Shak.

He sometimes cloys his readers instead of
satisfying. --Dryden.

3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed.
--Spenser.

He never shod horse but he cloyed him. --Bacon.

4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] --Johnson.

5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] --Shak.

Synonyms: pall, surfeit

See Also: fill, furnish, provide, render, replete, sate, satiate, supply

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