a. and sb. Anat. Obs. [? a. OF. clavel, now claveau, key-stone, etc.]
A. adj. (?) Malar.
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. The clauall bones … are the bones of the eares wherunto are fastened ye muscles and cordes that couer the Jawes.
B. sb. (See quot.)
1541. R. Copland, Guydon’s Quest. Chirurg. The .xij. place is on the fontynelles vnder ye knee … there as the lacert is dyuyded fro the lacert, and is made with rounde claualles with place for the purgacyon of all the body, and the dyseases of the legges.
