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Pronunciation : Clove
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Clove
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Clove
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Clove
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cle?fan to split, E. cleave.]
Definition : 1. (Bot.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913