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.
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 thrash, to flog, to beat vigorously or soundly.
To hunt for whales.
Something, or someone, that is excellent.
In a casino, a person who routinely bets at the maximum limit allowable.
Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea that usually excludes dolphins and porpoises.
Any species of Cetacea.
A person who spends large amounts of money on things that are marketed to them.
An investor who deals with very large amounts of money.
Something, or someone, that is very large.