cleave

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cleave 1 cut asunder, split. OE. clēofan str. vb. = OS. klioƀan, OHG. kliuban (G. klieben), ON. kljūfa :- Gmc. *kleuƀan, f. IE. base *gleubh- (cf. Gr. glūphein hollow out, L. glūbere peel).
Hence cleaver XVI.

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