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(1):

(n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.

(2):

(n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

(3):

(n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles.

(4):

(v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; - rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

(5):

(imp.) Cleft.

(6):

of Cleave