† acleftadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Cleft, split.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [adjective] > cleft, split, or having clefts
cleft1393
acleft?c1425
clefted1552
splitted1594
clefty1632
split1648
cloven1676
fissured1788
splitten1832
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 498 (MED) If it [sc. the nayle] be aclifte and fretynge plastre it wiþ diaquilon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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- pettipants
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- pettiskirt
- phlebotomists
- phlebotomization
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