Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
A home run.
A blow with the hand.
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 hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
Influence; importance.
Weight.
Heaviness, the feel of weight; heftiness.
A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted (accustomed).
Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
A number of sheets of paper fastened together, as for a notebook.
An animal that has become hefted thus.
A part of a serial publication.
To make (a farm animal, especially a flock of sheep) accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
To test the weight of something by lifting it.
To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.