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单词 clevel
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cleveln.

Forms: English regional (south-eastern) 1700s–1800s clevel, 1800s clavel; U. S. regional 1800s clevel, 1800s clevil.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cleave v.1, -el suffix1.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < cleave v.1 + -el suffix1, with reference to individual grains of corn being separated from the ear.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈclevel.
dialect.
A grain of corn.
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1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Brewing In grinding, they set their upper Mill-stone so high, that it breaks off only the Tops of the Clevel.
1736 J. Lewis Gloss. Isle Thanet (1874) Clevel, a grain of corn.
1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Clavel, a grain of corn free from the husk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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