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Cleaver definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLEAVER, n. One who cleaves; that which cleaves; a butchers instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a butcher's knife having a large square blade [syn: cleaver, meat cleaver, chopper]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. one that cleaves; especially a butcher's implement for cutting animal carcasses into joints or pieces 2. a prehistoric stone tool having a sharp edge at one end

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a tool for cleaving, esp. a heavy chopping tool used by butchers. 2 a person who cleaves.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cleaver Cleav"er, n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cleavers) A cleaver is a knife with a large square blade, used for chopping meat or vegetables. ...a meat cleaver. N-COUNT

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

One that will cleave; used of a forward or wanton woman.