单词 | clave |
释义 | † claven.1 Obsolete. A knotty branch, scion, graft. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > produced by or used for grafting clavec1420 grafter1600 graftlinga1618 family tree1918 bud-graft1930 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by cuttings > cutting or slip planteOE plantingeOE quickwoodc1383 graffa1393 sarmenta1398 slivingc1400 springc1400 clavec1420 sleavingc1440 talionc1440 quick1456 quicking1469 graft1483 quickset1484 slip1495 setlingc1503 set1513 pitchset1519 slaving?1523 truncheon1572 stallon1587 crosset1600 marquot1600 sliver1604 secta1616 offset1629 slipping1638 side-slip1651 slift1657 cutting1691 pitcher1707 mallet-shoot1745 root cutting1784 stowing1788 stool1789 pitch1808 heel1822 cutling1834 piping1851 cutback1897 stump plant1953 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 415 In March orenge is sette in sondry wyse..in bough, in branches and in clave. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † claven.2 Obsolete. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xl The leaves of the dores belonging to this temple..stood foure yeres glewed in the clave [L. in glutinis compagine]. 2. Nautical. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 151 Clave, a stool..supported by 4 legs; the top 6 feet long, 2 or 3 feet wide..in which the shells are set up with wedges for making the sheave-holes. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 153 The blocks are..jambed up..with wedges in a clave. 3. (See quot. 1847-78) ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Clave, the handle, or the part of a pair of small balances by which they are lifted up in weighing anything. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). claven.3 Music. One of a pair of round sticks of hard wood, struck against each other when used in ‘Latin-American’ music. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets snapper1605 castanet1647 knocker1648 crotaloa1682 knacker1691 crotalum1728 snip-snap1736 jawbone1844 crotal1850 clave1928 crotale1938 1928 Vanity Fair Nov. 72 A fashionable evening event along the Havana water-front is a concert by black boys with their primitive instruments, the bongó..and claves. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vii. 166 The Claves are two cylindrical sticks made of a special kind of wood found in Cuba. One of the claves is held in the cupped left hand and struck with the clave in the right hand, thus producing a hollow musical tone. 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xix. 248 The traditional ‘off-center’ accents of the clavés, or wooden sticks, that make a penetrating hollow sound when struck together. 1961 J. Blades in A. C. Baines Musical Instruments through Ages xiv. 348 The relentless clicking of the claves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1420n.21601n.31928 |
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