[f. as prec. + -ING2.] That clogs; encumbering, hampering, obstructing; see the verb.

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1576.  Fleming, Panoplie Ep., 444. Richesse, free from clogging carefulnesse.

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1593.  Shaks., Rich. II., I. iii. 200. The clogging burthen of a guilty soule.

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1735.  Somerville, Chase, I. 262. Moil’d in the clogging Clay.

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1889.  Athenæum, 17 Aug., 216/3. In spite of his clogging surroundings.

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