clavier (klaver)

[=D. klavier = G. clavier, klavier = Dan. klaver = Sw. klaver, F. clef: see clef ), a key: see clavis, clef.] 1. A clavichord, or, more rarely, a harpsichord.-2. A pianoforte. -3. The keyboard of a clavichord, harpsichord, pianoforte, organ, or similar instru ment. claviform (klav'i-form), a. [Also improp.clava form; = F. Sp. Pg. It. clavi for me, The prince of that bottomle pit whereof they were the Christian Religion's Appeal to Reason , p. 58. clavigers. Hence-2. A custodian of the treasury, records, or muniments of a corporation. [Eng.] The Clavers [clavigers] are two aldermen and two councilmen, who have the custody of the city [Norwich] chest, which has two locks; each claver has a key. Municip . Corp. Reports (1835), p. 2463.