/klot/ , n. , v. , clotted, clotting .
n.
1. a mass or lump.
2. a semisolid mass, as of coagulated blood.
3. a small compact group of individuals: a clot of sightseers massed at the entrance.
4. Brit. Informal. blockhead, dolt, clod.
v.i.
5. to form into clots; coagulate.
v.t.
6. to cause to clot.
7. to cover with clots: Carefully aimed snowballs clotted the house.
8. to cause to become blocked or obscured: to clot the book's narrative with too many characters.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE clott lump; c. MD klotte, G Klotz block, log (cf. KLUTZ) ]