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clave 1

 (klāv)
v. Archaic
A past tense of cleave1.

clave 2

 (klāv)
v. Archaic
A past tense of cleave2.

cla·ve 3

 (klä′vā)
n.
1. One of a pair of cylindrical hardwood sticks beaten together as a percussion instrument.
2. A syncopated two-bar musical pattern.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, keystone, from Latin clāvis, key.]
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clave

(kleɪv; klɑːv)
n
(Instruments) music one of a pair of hardwood sticks struck together to make a hollow sound, esp to mark the beat of Latin-American dance music
[C20: from American Spanish, from Latin clavis key]

clave

(kleɪv)
vb
archaic a past tense of cleave1

clave

(kleɪv)
n
(Zoology) zoology a clublike thickening at the upper end of an organ, esp of the antenna of an insect
[C19: from Latin clāva club]
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clave1

(kleɪv)

v.
Archaic. pt. of cleave 1.

cla•ve2

(ˈklɑ veɪ)

n.
one of a pair of hand-held wooden sticks or blocks that are struck together to accompany music and dancing.
[1925–30; American Spanish, Sp: keystone < Latin clāvis key]
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Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.
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He struggled against his thirst till his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth; then, no longer able to resist, he called out.
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But the heat grew greater as soon as noon came on, till at last, as he found himself on a wide heath that would take him more than an hour to cross, he began to be so hot and parched that his tongue clave to the roof of his mouth.
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On the second round, the stranger led off and landed cleverly within the small garland at the top of the wand; but Robin shot far better and clave the wand itself, clean at the middle.
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I heard the feet of the slayers as they bounded forward to hale me to the dreadful death, but my tongue clave to the roof of my mouth--I could not say a word.
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Swiftly they traversed their long course, and neither the sea nor river-waters nor grassy glens nor mountain- peaks checked the career of the immortal horses, but they clave the deep air above them as they went.
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"Ah!" said Silas, who had now come to understand Dolly's phraseology, "that was what fell on me like as if it had been red-hot iron; because, you see, there was nobody as cared for me or clave to me above nor below.
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