Cloots

[ klohts ]

/ kloʊts /

Jean Bap·tiste du Val-de-Grâce

[zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/, Baron deAnacharsis Clootz, 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.

cloot

[ kloot; Scot. klyt ]

/ klut; Scot. klüt /

a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.

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

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

Cloots had taken the measure of him months before and once for all, he would have said, in his smoky little village.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
Cloots reckoned that he had perhaps five minutes before the stated limit.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
The doctor sought no further comments on Cloots—that was quite sufficient and might serve for an epitaph.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
I declare the beast is woo to the cloots and the een holes; and afore I get the fleece broken up, the rest will be done.
The Shepherd's Calendar|James Hogg

Yet Cloots saw now with transfixing clarity that he did not know him in the least—could never have known him.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell