"cloff" meaning in All languages combined

See cloff on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cloffs [plural], clough [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cloff (plural cloffs)
  1. (historical, shipping) An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Shipping
    Sense id: en-cloff-en-noun-9xOQDwka Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 65 32 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 42 2 Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport

Adjective [Welsh]

IPA: /kloːf/
Rhymes: -oːf Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh cloff, from Latin cloppus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|cloff|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh cloff, {{inh+|cy|wlm|cloff}} Inherited from Middle Welsh cloff, {{der|cy|la|cloppus}} Latin cloppus Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=cloffion}} cloff (feminine singular cloff, plural cloffion, equative cloffed, comparative cloffach, superlative cloffaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: cloff [feminine, singular], cloffion [plural], cloffed [equative], cloffach [comparative], cloffaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cloff [error-unrecognized-form], gloff [soft], nghloff [error-unrecognized-form], chloff [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. lame, limpy, crippled Synonyms: efrydd, herciog, crupl
    Sense id: en-cloff-cy-adj-B~tQhNuX Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 91 9
  2. (figurative) defective, weak, insufficient Tags: figuratively Synonyms: diffygiol, amherffaith, llipa, gwan
    Sense id: en-cloff-cy-adj-tpQ0tihe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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