clavigerous

clavigerous
clavigerous /-ijˈər-əs/ adjective
Club-bearing
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Main Entry:clave
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clavigˈerous adjective
Keeping keys
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Main Entry:clavis

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claˈvigerous, a.
[See prec. and -ous.]
a. = prec.: Bearing a key or keys. b. Club-bearing.
a. in Blount Glossogr. Hence in Coles.
b. 1730–36 in Bailey; and in mod. Dicts.

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  • Clavigerous — Cla*vig er*ous, a. Bearing a club or a key. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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