clip

clip is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To embrace, hence; to encompass. O . . . that Neptune`s arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.

[2] To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay.

[3] To curtail; to cut short. All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak. In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.

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