Clove vs Valley - What's the difference?
clove | valley |
A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
(label) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
* 1843 , The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
* 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 169:
(cleave)
(label) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
An elongated depression between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
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Any structure resembling one, e.g., the meeting point of two pitched roofs.
The internal angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
As a noun clove
is a very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree or clove can be any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic or clove can be (label) a narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of north america first settled by the dutch.As a verb clove
is (cleave).As a proper noun valley is
the san fernando valley in southern california.clove
English
Etymology 1
An alteration of (etyl) (m), from the first component of (etyl) . (wikipedia clove)Noun
- Seven pounds make a clove', 2 '''cloves''' a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1/2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word '''cloves ; it calls them ' ''claves'' or ''nails .' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.
Derived terms
* (clove camphor) * (clove gillyflower) * clove pinkEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), cognate with , hence with the verbal etymology hereafterEtymology 3
Verb
(head)Etymology 4
.Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Mainly used in proper names, such as (Kaaterskill Clove) .valley
English
Noun
(en noun)John Vidal
Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas, passage=Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys .}}
