Rough-hewn, cloutery verses.
E. Phillips.
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.
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.
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.
Clove, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cleˇfan 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.
Clo"ven (?), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t.
To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
{ Clo"ven-foot`ed (?), Clo"ven-hoofed` (?) }, a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
Clo"ver (klō"v&etilde;r), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl&aemacr;fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl÷fver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense.
Clover weevil (Zo÷l.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. -- Clover worm (Zo÷l.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. -- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] -- Sweet clover. See Meliot.
Clo"vered (?), a. Covered with growing clover.
Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale.
Thomson.
Clowe"-gi*lof`re (?), n. [See 3d Clove, and Gillyflower.] Spice clove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Clown (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl÷nne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.] 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.