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clave
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clave 1  (klv)
v. Archaic
A past tense of cleave1.
clave 2  (klv)
v. Archaic
A past tense of cleave2.
cla·ve 3  (kläv)
n.
1. A cylindrical hardwood stick used in a pair as a percussion instrument.
2. A syncopated two-bar musical pattern.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, keystone, from Latin clvis, key.]


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Ruth is furious with Tormey because he sold her claves that might have mad cow disease.
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``We're overjoyed to have them here during this wonderful Christmas season,'' said Margie Whyte, a nurse at the school and mother of Riley Whyte, 11, the claves player.
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