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Definition of Cloyed
1. cloy [v] - See also: cloy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cloyed
Literary usage of Cloyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"cloyed, C in Carney] a Piece of ... cloyed, I [among Fernen ~\ л A CLUB, [ Clubbe,
Л*. Club, TV* t.] a great Stick. ..."
2. The New American Gardener, Containing Practical Directions on the Culture of by Thomas Green Fessenden (1842)
"This precaution will be more especially necessary in large peach orchards; for,
otherwise, when the hogs become cloyed with the pulp of the peach, ..."
3. The Gospels: With Moral Reflections on Each Verse by Pasquier Quesnel (1855)
"... life in thy saints, on which they will feed eternally without wasting it,
without being cloyed therewith, and without desiring any other thing whatever. ..."
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