clove

imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. --
Clove gillyflower,
Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

To show the cloven foot or
To show the cloven hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. claver, clover, AS. cl&aemacr_;fre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver. ] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, Trifolium pratense, the white, Trifolium repens, and the hare's foot, Trifolium arvense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clover weevil (Zool.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. --
Clover worm (Zool.), 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with growing clover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a highway interchange between two roads in which the connecting road pattern resembles a four-leaf clover, and which allows moving from one road to another without left-hand turns. One road passes over the other, and the exit from one highway and entrance into the second highway proceeds from the right-hand lane in all directions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]