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cloven Definition

clo·ven (klō′vən)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

cleave

adjective

divided; split
cloven Usage Examples

Object

  • hoof: At least, it is supposed to be a wolf, but it has cloven hooves.
cloven Quotes

She hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When dismal grew his countenance And drumlie grew his e'e. They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, Until she espied his cloven foot, And she wept right bitterlie.

—Ballads

Browse dictionary entries near cloven

  1. ‹ clove pink
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  5. ‹ clough
  6. ‹ Clouet
  7. ‹ cloudy
  8. ‹ cloudlet
  9. ‹ cloudlessness
  10. ‹ cloudlessly
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