a. To spice with cloves. b. To stick (a lemon, onion, etc.) with cloves (fig. in quot. 1863).
1863. Reade, Hard Cash, I. 246. The ship was cloved with shot, and peppered with grape.
1883. N. & Q., 10 Feb., 106/1. New ale highly cloved, sweetened, and drunk hot.
