Re: "hewed to"

--- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bryan Parry" <bajparry@...>
> To: <CONLANG@...>
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: "hewed to"
>
>
> > To be honest with you,  I have never heard
> "cleave"
> > used to mean anything other than to pierce/split
> etc.
> > Altho' I checked the dictionary, and it appears
> that
> > you are not mistaken. All I can say is that must
> be an
> > obscure usage of the word cleave, because I have
> never
> > before come across it. My dictionary does seem to
> > suggest that they come from two different, albeit
> > related, words.
>
> You've never heard "he cleaves to the opinion
> that..."? or "The chiton
> cleaves to the rock tenaciously?"  It's only ever
> used with the preposition
> for this meaning.
>
I'm afraid not, Joe. :-?


Bryan

I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

	-- William Butler Yeats

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