Cleave

klev, v. i. limp, cleaved (klevd) or (ohs.) clave; p. p. cleaved; cleaving.] To adhere closely, stick, hold fast; to be united closely in terest'or affection; to be adapted; to agree. * Cleave, klev, v. t. [imp. cleft or (obs.) clave clove-.]), p. cleft or cleaved (klevd); cleaving.] To part or divide by force, split, rive; to part open naturally, divide. — v. i. To part, open, crack. — Cleav'er, re. One who, or that which, cleaves, esp. a butcher's meat-chopper. — Cleav'age, -ej, Act of, etc. (Crj/stallog.) Quality of splitting or viding naturally. — Cleft, n. An opening, or a piece, made by splitting; crack; crevice; chink. (Far.) A crack in the bend of the pastern.