Cloud \Cloud\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Clouding.]
1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky
is clouded.
2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a
cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.
One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath
clouded all thy happy days on earth. --Shak.
Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
--Milton.
Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty
like prejudice. --M. Arnold.
3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; --
esp. used of reputation or character.
I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign
mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance
taken. --Shak.
4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate
with colors; as, to cloud yarn.
And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. --Pope.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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