clout vs spicule

clout

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. 

verb
  • 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. 

spicule

noun
  • A sharp, needle-like piece. 

  • A needle-like mating structure found only in male nematodes. 

  • A tiny glass flake formed during the manufacture of glass vials 

  • A small spike of flowers. 

  • A jet of matter ejected from the photosphere of the sun. 

  • Any of many needle-like crystalline structures that provide skeletal support in marine invertebrates like sponges. 

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