\Clove\, imp. of {Cleave}.
Cleft. --Spenser.
{Clove hitch} (Naut.) See under {Hitch}.
{Clove hook} (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws
   overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of
   sails; -- called also {clip hook}. --Knight.

\Clove\, n. [D. kloof. See {Cleave}, v. t.]
A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a
proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

\Clove\, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a
clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to
clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its
resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit.
herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. {Cloy}.]
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of
the clove tree ({Eugenia, or Caryophullus, aromatica}), a
native of the Molucca Isles.
{Clove camphor}. (Chem.) See {Eugenin}.
{Clove gillyflower}, {Clove pink} (Bot.), any fragrant
   self-colored carnation.

\Clove\, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic;
cf. cle['o]fan to split, E. cleave.]
1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of
   the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.
         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.] --Halliwell.