Definition of Cleeves

1. Noun. (plural of cleeve) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cleeves

1. cleeve [n] - See also: cleeve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleeves

clecking
clecks
cledge
cledgy
cledonomancy
cleek
cleeked
cleeking
cleekit
cleeks
cleep
cleeped
cleeping
cleeps
cleeve
cleeves (current term)
clef
cleflike
clefs
cleft
cleft chin
cleft chins
cleft foot
cleft grafting
cleft lip
cleft nose
cleft spine
cleft stick

Literary usage of Cleeves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1865)
"Subscribed by GEORGE cleeves, deputy president, ... The Declaration of Geo : cleeves Gent. Plant, against Mr. Jno. ..."

2. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1848)
"Contests between Mr. cleeves and Mr. Vines about the bounds of Ligonia. MR. WHEELWRIGHT, as was declared before,3 being sentenced to depart out of the ..."

3. A General History of New England, from the Discovery to MDCLXXX. by William Hubbard (1848)
"Contests between Mr. cleeves and Mr. Vines about the bounds of Ligonia. MR. WHEELWRIGHT, as was declared before,3 being sentenced to depart out of the ..."

4. Portland in the Past by William Goold (1886)
"It was only seven years after Levett's men left, when cleeves and Tucker came from ... Trelawney says in his letter to Sir Ferdinando Gorges that cleeves ..."

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