Cleft.
of Cleave
A grappling; close fight or embrace. [Obs.] Spenser.
Of or pertaining to the family Scincidæ, or skinks. -- n. A scincoidian.
A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.