Part 2027

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To give a blow to; to strike.</def> <mark></mark>

<blockquote>The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and <b>clouted</b> Olivarez about the noddle with it. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.</def>

<cs><col>Clouted cream</col>, <cd>clotted cream, <i>i<i>. <i>e<i>., cream obtained by warming new milk.</cd></cs>

<i>A. Philips.</i>

<note>&hand; "<i>Clouted</i> brogues" in Shakespeare and "<i>clouted</i> shoon" in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.</note>

<h1>Clouterly</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clout"er*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Clout</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Clumsy; awkward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Rough-hewn, <b>cloutery</b> verses. <i>E. Phillips.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clove</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clove</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Cleave</er>. Cleft.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<cs><col>Clove hitch</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Hitch</er>.</cd> -- <col>Clove hook</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also <altname>clip hook</altname>.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Clove</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clove</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>kloof</ets>. See <er>Cleave</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; <as>as, Kaaterskill <ex>Clove</ex>; Stone <ex>Clove</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Clove</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clove</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clow</ets>, fr. F. <ets>clou</ets> nail, <ets>clou de girofle</ets> a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. <ets>clavus</ets> nail, perh. akin to <ets>clavis</ets> key, E. <ets>clavicle</ets>. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. <ets>kruidnagel</ets> clove, lit. <ets>herb-nail</ets> or <ets>spice-nail</ets>. Cf. <er>Cloy</er>.]</ety> <def>A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (<spn>Eugenia, &or; Caryophullus, aromatica</spn>), a native of the Molucca Isles.</def>

<cs><col>Clove camphor</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Eugenin</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Clove gillyflower</col>, <col>Clove pink</col></mcol> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>any fragrant self-colored carnation.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clove</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Clove</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>clufe</ets> an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. <ets>cle\'a2fan</ets> to split, E. <ets>cleave</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.</def>

<blockquote>Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call <b>cloves</b>. <i>Lindley.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A weight. A <i>clove</i> of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Cloven</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clo"ven</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <def>from <er>Cleave</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>