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 beat or thrash.
flight, escape
The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, ل (l). It is preceded by ك (k) and followed by م (m).