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noun

Clove n. A cleft; a gap; a ravine; rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clove n. A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin.

Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.

Clove n.

(Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. "Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves."

A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. (Prov. Eng.)

verb

Cleave v. t. (past clove; past part. cloven or cleaved; pres. part. cleaving)

To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. "O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain."

To part or open naturally; to divide. "Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws."

Cleave v. i. (past clove; past part. cloven or cleaved; pres. part. cleaving)

To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. "My bones cleave to my skin." "The diseases of Egypt... shall cleave unto thee." "Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects."

To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife." "Cleave unto the Lord your God."

To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. (Poetic.) "New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use."

Cleave v. i. (past clove; past part. cloven or cleaved; pres. part. cleaving) To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. "The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst."

Clove past Cleft.

Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch.

Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; called also clip hook.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clove" Quotes from Famous Books

... Angelo born here? and he who wove Love's charm with sorcery of Tuscan tongue, Indissolubly blent? and he whose song Laid bare the world below to world above? And he who from the lonely valley clove The azure height and trod the stars among? And he whose searching mind the monarch's wrong, Fount of the people's misery ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 • George Gordon Byron

... with terror, the poor girl could only attempt to say, "Ma'ma! ma'ma!" but her tongue clove to the roof of her mouth, and her voice refused its office. A crowd had already collected, and the words, "Lady been a stealing!" and, "They've nabbed a thief!" ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 • Various

... bloomed between the two houses, and on the grass, by one of its clove-pink borders, sat a woman, rocking back and forth in an ancient chair, and doing absolutely nothing. She was young, and seemed all brown; for her eyes were dark, and her skin had been tanned to the deep, rich tint sweeter ...

— Meadow Grass - Tales of New England Life • Alice Brown

... for an hour or more, till all arms were weary, and all tongues clove to the mouth. Sick men scrambled up on deck and fought with the strength of madness; and tiny powder-boys, handing up cartridges from the hold, laughed and cheered as the shots ran past their ears; and old Salvation Yeo, ...

— The Junior Classics • Various

... the first to enter, Where he himself, the dread Germoin, held rule, Rind, Nial's son, I clove from head to centre, Ruad I killed, the son ...

— Poems • Denis Florence MacCarthy

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