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Resistance to splitting or low cleavability is desirable where wood must hold nails or screws, as in box-making.
From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.
Page 186: 'cleavabilty' corrected to 'cleavability' ... "refers to the cleavability of the wood;" Page 268: Fig.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
Among these properties are hygroscopicity, shrinkage, weight, strength, cleavability, elasticity, hardness, and toughness.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
We may also consider those stones, whose softness, or brittleness, or ready cleavability, requires that they should be reserved for use only in those jewels which, because of their nature, receive less rough usage.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Wade, Frank Bertram
Closely connected with shearing strength is cohesion, a property usually considered under the name of its opposite, cleavability, i.e., the ease of splitting.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
