clava
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Origin of clava
From the Late Latin word clāva staff, club
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The word clover is a corruption of the Latin clava a club; and the "clubs" on our playing cards are representations of clover leaves; whilst in France the same black suit is called trefle.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
Ducange, in his Lexicon of Low Latin, gives Choulla, French choule = “Globulus ligneus qui clava propellitur”—a wooden ball struck with a club.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
Cleaver represents Old Fr, clavier, a mace-bearer, Lat. clava, a club, or a door-keeper, Lat. clavis, a key.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
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