Cloy, vb., 1) to satiate, to glut, to surfeit: “and yet not c. thy lips with loathed satiety,” Ven. 19. “--ed with much, he pineth still for more,” Lucr. 98. “c. the hungry edge of appetite,” R2 I, 3, 296. H4B V, 5, 143. H5 II, 2, 9. H6A II, 5, 105. R3 IV, 4, 62. Tit. III, 2, 55. Ant. II, 2, 241. Cymb. I, 6, 47. IV, 4, 19.
2) to stroke with a claw: “his royal bird prunes the immortal wing and --s his beak,” Cymb. V, 4, 118.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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