adj. (Med.) relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart.
p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
To show the cloven foot
To show the cloven hoof
n. [ D. slaf careless, negligent, a sloven; akin to LG. sluf slovenly. ] A man or boy habitually negligent of neathess and order; -- the correlative term to slattern, or slut. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
He became a confirmed sloven. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being slovenly. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
A slovenly, lazy fellow, lolling at his ease. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. a slovenly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Slovenliness. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Slovenliness. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]