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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.]
clave1
n
(Music / 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
[from American Spanish, from Latin clavis key]
clave2
vb
Archaic a past tense of cleave
clave3
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology a clublike thickening at the upper end of an organ, esp of the antenna of an insect
[from Latin clāva club]


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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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