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   Cleave (klēv), v. t. [imp. Cleft (klĕft), Clave (klāv, Obs.), Clove (klōv, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (klēvd) or Cloven (klōˈv'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cleófan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. kljūfa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. klöve and prob. to Gr. γλύφειν to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]
   1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.
   
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   O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. Shak.
   
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   2. To part or open naturally; to divide.
   
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   Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deut. xiv. 6.
   
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   Clove (?), imp. of Cleave. Cleft.  Spenser.
   
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   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.  Knight.
   
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   Clove, n. [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, “Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove”.
   
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   Clove, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia aromatica syn. Caryophullus aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
   
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   Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. -- Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.
   
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   Clove, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cleófan to split, E. cleave.]
   1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
   
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   Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.
   
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   2. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Prov. Eng.]  Halliwell.
   
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