clove : Idioms & Phrases

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Clove camphor

  • . (Chem.) See Eugenin.
Webster 1913

Clove gillyflower, Clove pink

  • (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.
Webster 1913

Clove hitch

  • noun a knot used to fasten a line temporarily to a post or spar
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  • (Naut.) See under Hitch.
Webster 1913

Clove hook

  • (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; called also clip hook.
Webster 1913

oil of cloves

  • noun essential oil obtained from cloves and used to flavor medicines
    clove oil.
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