accloy

English

Etymology

From Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, encloer (“to drive in a nail”), from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in- +‎ clavus (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈklɔɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To overfill; to fill to satiety; to stuff full.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To clog, clog up; to block.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

     At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.

4. (transitive, archaic) To be disgusting to.