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 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.
A mark left by scuffing or scraping.
A scurf; a scale.
The back part of the neck; the scruff.
To hit lightly, to brush against.
To mishit (a shot on a ball) due to poor contact with the ball.
To scrape and roughen the surface of (shoes, etc.)
To scrape the feet while walking.