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.
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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, ∨ Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.
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. cleofan 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.
2.
A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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