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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clove \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clove \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clove \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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clove \Clove\, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic;
     cf. cle['o]fan 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft),
     {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p.
     p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o]"v'n); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS.
     cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben,
     Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr.
     gly`fein 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clove
       See {cleave}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cleave
       v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
            "cleave the bone" [syn: {split}, {rive}]
       2: make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a
          channel into the rock"
       3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
          resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
          label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
          [syn: {cling}, {adhere}, {stick}, {cohere}]
       [also: {cloven}, {clove}, {cleft}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clove
       n 1: aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice
       2: moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen
          widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which
          are source of cloves [syn: {clove tree}, {Syzygium
          aromaticum}, {Eugenia aromaticum}, {Eugenia caryophyllatum}]
       3: one of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis
          of a larger garlic bulb [syn: {garlic clove}]
       4: spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used
          whole or ground

















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