What does accloy mean?
Accloy means (transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame..
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/əˈklɔɪ/ · verb
(transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame..
At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.
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Accloy means (transitive, obsolete) To drive a nail into a horseshoe; to lame..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
At the well head the purest streames arise: / But mucky filth his braunching armes annoyes, / And with vncomely weedes the gentle waue accloyes.
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