What is one who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces called?
cleaver — One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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