Clove /(?)/

Clove

imp.
  1. Cleft.

Phrases & Compounds
Clove hitch
See under Hitch.
Clove hook
an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook.

Clove

n.
  1. A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clove

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

Phrases & Compounds
Clove camphor
See Eugenin.
Clove gillyflower
any fragrant self-colored carnation.

Clove

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