clofcloffn.

Forms: In 1500s plural cloiffis, 1600s plural cloffes, 1700s Scottish claff.

Etymology: Compare Old Norse klof the cleaving or fork of the legs; klofi a cleft or rift in a hill, corresponding to Old Low German kloƀo , Old High German chlobo a cleft; < weak grade of *kleuƀ- to cleave v.¹ The latter would more properly give clōve, the former cloff; the vowel of the dialect word is doubtful.

Scottish and northern dialect.

A cleft, fissure, parting:

†a. the ‘fork’ of the legs; = cleaving n.¹ 2, cleft n. 2 (obsolete).

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c1538 D. Lindsay Supplic. against Syde Taillis 80 Consider giue thare Cloiffis be clene.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 60 Whether thou wilt..kisse all cloffes that stands beside.

b. the cleft of a tree, where the branches part.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > fork

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1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 43 (Jam.) There, in the claff O' branchy oak..The ring-dove has her nest.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cloff, the cleft of a tree.

1865 Poetry of Provincialisms in Cornhill Mag. July 39 The North-countryman..talks of ‘the clough’ [error for cloff or cluff] of the tree, literally..where the branches part.

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c. ‘a cleft between adjacent hills’ (Jamieson); = clove n.⁴

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	clof
释义	clofcloffn. Forms: In 1500s plural cloiffis, 1600s plural cloffes, 1700s Scottish claff. Etymology: Compare Old Norse klof the cleaving or fork of the legs; klofi a cleft or rift in a hill, corresponding to Old Low German kloƀo , Old High German chlobo a cleft; < weak grade of kleuƀ- to cleave v.¹ The latter would more properly give clōve, the former cloff; the vowel of the dialect word is doubtful. Scottish* and northern dialect. A cleft, fissure, parting: †a. the ‘fork’ of the legs; = cleaving n.¹ 2, cleft n. 2 (obsolete). ΚΠ c1538 D. Lindsay Supplic. against Syde Taillis 80 Consider giue thare Cloiffis be clene. a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 60 Whether thou wilt..kisse all cloffes that stands beside. b. the cleft of a tree, where the branches part. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > fork grain1513 crotch1573 ala1707 clof1789 axil1791 tree-fork1922 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 43 (Jam.) There, in the claff O' branchy oak..The ring-dove has her nest. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cloff, the cleft of a tree. 1865 Poetry of Provincialisms in Cornhill Mag. July 39 The North-countryman..talks of ‘the clough’ [error for cloff or cluff] of the tree, literally..where the branches part. Categories » c. ‘a cleft between adjacent hills’ (Jamieson); = clove n.⁴ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1538
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