To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
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.
To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
To leave in a hurry; to go away.
To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.
A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.