cloven

Adjective
Synonyms: bisulcate

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (used of hooves) split, divided“bisulcate hoof”Synonyms: bisulcate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Cloven \Clo"ven\ (kl[=o]"v'n), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. [1913 Webster]

To show the cloven foot or To show the cloven hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. [1913 Webster] Cloven-footed

Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (kl[e^]ft), Clave (kl[=a]v, Obs.), Clove (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl[=e]vd) or Cloven (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr. gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]

1.To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [1913 Webster]

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To part or open naturally; to divide. [1913 Webster]

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.— Deut. xiv. 6.[1913 Webster]
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