• That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. • A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion. • A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. • To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. • To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel. • To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. • To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter. • To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.