Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLEAVE, n. “One of two or more divisions of a seam, usually ironstone” (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 18).
[From Eng. cleave, to split. Cleave is not used as a n. in Eng.]
