Part 1991

<blockquote>Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall <b>cleave</b> unto his wife. <i>Gen. ii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Cleave</b> unto the Lord your God. <i>Josh. xxiii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate.</def> <mark>[Poetic.]</mark>

<blockquote>New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, <b>cleave</b> not to their mold But with the aid of use. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cleave</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Cleft</er> <tt>(?)</tt>, <er>Clave</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <er>Clove</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <mark>(Obsolescent)</mark>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Cleft</er>, <er>Cleaved</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt> or <er>Cloven</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cleaving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cleoven</ets>, <ets>cleven</ets>, AS. <ets>cle\'a2fan</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>klioban</ets>, D. <ets>klooven</ets>, G. <ets>klieben</ets>, Icel. <ets>klj\'d4fa</ets>, Sw. <ets>klyfva</ets>, Dan. <ets>kl\'94ve</ets> and prob. to Gr. <?/ to carve, L. <ets>glubere</ets> to peel. Cf. <er>Cleft</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.</def>

<blockquote>O Hamlet, thou hast <b>cleft</b> my heart in twain. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pert or open naturally; to divide.</def>

<blockquote>Every beast that parteth the hoof, and <b>cleaveth</b> the cleft into two claws. <i>Deut. xiv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cleave</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleave</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; <as>as, the ground <ex>cleaves</ex> by frost</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The Mount of Olives shall <b>cleave</b> in the midst. <i>Zech. xiv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cleavelandite</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleave"land*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Professor Parker <ets>Cleaveland</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.</def>

<h1>Cleaver</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleav"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.</def>

<h1>Cleavers</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleav"ers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Cleave</er> to stick.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of <spn>Galium</spn> (<spn>G. Aparine</spn>), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, <altname>goose grass</altname>, <altname>catchweed</altname>, etc.</def>

<h1>Cl\'82ch\'82</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cl\'82`ch\'82"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cl\'82ch\'82</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare <er>Voided</er>.</def>

<h1>Clechy</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cle"chy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Cl\'82ch\'82</er>.</def>

<h1>Cledge</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cledge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Clay</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining.)</fld> <def>The upper stratum of fuller's earth.</def>

<h1>Cledgy</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cledg"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; <as>as, a <ex>cledgy</ex> soil</as>.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Clee</h1> <Xpage=263>