Clave vs Clove - What's the difference?
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(archaic) (cleave)
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* , Ruth 1:14
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(musical instruments) One half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other.
(music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(label) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
* 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169:
(cleave)
(label) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
As verbs the difference between clave and clove
is that clave is past tense of cleave while clove is simple past of cleave.As nouns the difference between clave and clove
is that clave is one half of a set of claves, a percussion instrument consisting of two sticks, one of which is used to strike the other while clove is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.clave
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)- And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) clave, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* *Anagrams
* ----clove
English
Etymology 1
An alteration of (etyl) (m), from the first component of (etyl) . (wikipedia clove)Noun
- Seven pounds make a clove', 2 '''cloves''' a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word '''cloves ; it calls them ' ''claves'' or ''nails .' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.