rare. [f. CLEAVE v.2 + -ER.] One who, or that which, cleaves or adheres; (in quot.) an adherent attribute.
1674. N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 48. Body, and the cleavers to it, are further off from the God-like nature, than the soul is.
Cleaver, -ly, obs. forms of CLEVER, -LY.
