accloy

Definition

To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame.

Etymology

From Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, encloer (“to drive in a nail”), from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in- + clavus (“nail”).

Example Sentences

• "At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes."