Clut"ter (?), n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]

1.

A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.

2.

Clatter; confused noise.

Swift.

 

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Clut"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.]

To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.

 

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Clut"ter, v. i.

To make a confused noise; to bustle.

It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.

 

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Clut"ter, v. t. [From Clod, n.]

To clot or coagulate, as blood.

[Obs.]

Holland.

 

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