(n.) A blow with the hand. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) A piece; a fragment. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) A swadding cloth. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from   wearing; a washer. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably   once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage;   patch, or mend, with a clout. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) To give a blow to; to strike. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) To join or patch clumsily. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                            (n.) To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.