tock2 (tok)

[Also tok; tockay (tok'ā), n . A kind of spotted East Indian lizard. It is supposed to be the spotted gecko, Hem i dactylus maculatus . Imp . Dict. tocleavet, v. [ME. tocleven (pp. to clove ), tōcleófan (= OHG. zechluiban ), cleave asunder, to- , apart, + cleófan , cleave: see cleave2 .] I. trans. To divide; open; cleave asunder. For the heihe holigoste heuene shal to - cleue . Piers Plowman (B), xii. 141. II. in trans. To cleave apart; break. For sorwe of which myn herte shal to - cleve.