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Definition of Clough

Clough
Clough Clough, n. [OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cl[=o]h, akin to G. klinge ravine.] 1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. --Nares. 2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. --Knight.
Clough
Clough Clough (?; 115), n. (Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
clough
Cloff Cloff (?; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] --McCulloch.

Meaning of Clough from wikipedia

- 54°17′20″N 5°50′06″W / 54.289°N 5.835°W / 54.289; -5.835 Clough (/ˈklɒx/ KLOKH; from Irish an Chloch, meaning 'the stone') is a village and townland...
- Brian Howard Clough OBE (/klʌf/ KLUF; 21 March 1935 – 20 September 2004) was an English football player and manager, primarily known for his successes...
- used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s. Clough was born in Sunderland, the son of Brian Clough who had been one of...
- suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough, who both became prin****ls of Newnham College, Cambridge. Arthur Clough was born in Liverpool...
- Bryan Clough (born 1932, Oldham, Lancashire) is an English writer. Clough has written several books and articles dealing with phreakers, hackers and computer...
- College. Clough was born at Liverpool, Lancashire, the daughter of cotton merchant James Butler Clough and Anne (née Perfect). James Butler Clough was a...
- The Clough Group is an Australian Engineering and Construction company based in Perth, Western Australia. It has projects in engineering, construction...
- John Clough (born 8 March 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Adelaide United. Clough started...
- Brenda W. Clough (also credited as B.W. Clough) (pronounced Cluff) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has been nominated for the Hugo...
- Look up clough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Clough can refer to the following: Clough, County Laois, Ireland, a village Clough, a village in County...