clout vs duke

clout

verb
  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

noun
  • A clout nail. 

  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

  • A blow with the hand. 

duke

verb
  • To hit or beat with the fists. 

  • To give cash to; to give a tip to. 

noun
  • The male ruler of a duchy (female equivalent: duchess). 

  • A fist. 

  • A grand duke. 

  • The sovereign of a small state. 

  • A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Bassarona and Dophla. 

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