Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cloot \Cloot\, n. [Cf. G. dial. kleuzen to split.] (Scot. &
   Dial. Eng.)
   1. One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also,
      the whole hoof.

   2. The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the pl. --Burns.