clavis

Definitions

1. A Roman key.
2. A device for restraint of the hands.
3. Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
4. A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

Equivalents

Examples

“Iron⟳ clavis, the solid web-shaped at the edges to fit the wards in the lock⟳, and having a pointed broach and a kite-formed looped haft.”

“His hands were restrained by means of a clavis and bolt (of iron⟳), appropriated to each wrist, and united by a padlock.”

“Homer, with a clavis, I have⟳ had possession of some years.”

“There are many disadvantages in using a clavis intended for another country, which necessarily includes plants that are absent from our islands while it omits some that are present⟳ and neglects the peculiarities of our island flora.”

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