Cleft

(noun.) a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin).

(adj.) having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib .

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• A solitary sea-gull winged its flight over our heads, to seek its nest in a cleft of the precipice. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Tis cleft-wood, that's what 'tis, said Timothy Fairway. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The Austrian crown is a sort of cleft tiara, having in the middle a semicircle of gold supporting a mound and cross; the tiara rests on a circle with pendants like those of a miter. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Venn looked gloomy, threw--the die was seen to be lying in two pieces, the cleft sides uppermost. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He bore in his right hand a tallow candle stuck in the end of a cleft stick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• These are carved pieces of metal in the lock which fit into clefts or grooves in the key and prevent the lock from being opened except by its own proper key. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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