† clefturen.
Obsolete. rare.
State of being cleft; concrete a cleft, fissure.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > chap or crack > condition
rimela1400
clefture1540
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [noun] > a division formed by cleaving
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scissure?a1425
clefture1540
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scission1578
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cliff1605
fissure1609
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split1875
1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. lxvi Of..clefture, chappynge, or chynynge of the mouthe.
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. E4 The cranny cleftures of the through shot planks. View more context for this quotation
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