CLOT

I. noun see: clout Date: before 12th century a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum), 2. a roundish viscous lump formed by coagulation of a portion of liquid or by melting, a coagulated mass produced by ~ting of blood, blockhead , cluster , group , II. verb (~ted; ~ting) Date: 15th century intransitive verb to become a ~ ; form ~s, to undergo a sequence of complex chemical and physical reactions that results in conversion of fluid blood into a coagulated mass ; coagulate , transitive verb to cause to form into or as if into a ~, to fill with ~s