a. Obs. rare. [f. CLEAVE v.1 + -SOME.] Easy to cleave or split; fissile.

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1674.  N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 20. An inward ever-beingness, that is neither cleavesome, nor on and on.

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1674.  Grew, Anat. Plants, III. II. vii. § 8. Of all hard Woods, Oak is the most Cleavesome, or splitteth the most easily.

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  Hence † Cleavesomeness, aptness to be cleft, fissility, divisibility.

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1674.  N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 76. Cleavesomness we know is the great hanger on to body.

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1674.  Grew, Anat. Plants, III. II. vii. § 1. Qualities of Timber … As Hardness, Softness … Clevesomeness, Toughness.

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