cloff

English

Alternative forms

• clough

Etymology

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Noun

cloff (plural cloffs)

1. (historical, shipping) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

References

• “cloff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Welsh

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Welsh cloff, from Latin cloppus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloːf/
• Rhymes: -oːf

Adjective

cloff (feminine singular cloff, plural cloffion, equative cloffed, comparative cloffach, superlative cloffaf)

1. lame, limpy, crippled

   Synonyms: efrydd, herciog, crupl

2. (figurative) defective, weak, insufficient

   Synonyms: diffygiol, amherffaith, llipa, gwan

Mutation

Mutated forms of cloff

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cloff	gloff	nghloff	chloff

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cloff”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cloff”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies