cloot

[ kloot; Scots klyt ]

nounScot. and North England.
  1. a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.

  2. (usually initial capital letter)Often Cloots. Satan; the devil.

Origin of cloot

1
1715–25; perhaps akin to Dutch klauwtje, equivalent to klauwclaw + -tje diminutive suffix

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