Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Clove"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Clove \Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}.
Cleft. --Spenser.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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, or Caryophullus, aromatica}), a
native of the Molucca Isles.
{Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}.
{Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant
self-colored carnation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs,
of what gardeners call cloves. --Lindley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak.
2. To part or open naturally; to divide.
Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv.
6.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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