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imp. of Cleave. [Obs.]

The harpsichord.

See Clevis.

See Clavate.

Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

ring. [Scot. & North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

A narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank.

A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.

The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.

f land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [Recent]

The state of being an enclave. [Recent]

A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [Recent.]

Resembling a series of dovetails; -- said of a line of division, such as the border of an ordinary.

A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office.

Same as Slav.

A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. [Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration. Froude.

of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

An Havana cigar. Young Frank Clavering stole his father's Havannahs, and . . . smoked them in the stable. Thackeray.