Vocabulary : Clip to Clivers
Clip : To embrace, hence; to encompass. ;; To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. ;; To curtail; to cut short. ;; To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it. ;; An embrace. ;; A cutting; a shearing. ;; The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool. ;; A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc. ;; An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. ;; A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. ;; A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. ;; A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc. ;; A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. ;; A rapid gait.Clipped : of Clip
Clipper : One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin. ;; A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses. ;; A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing.
Clipping : of Clip ;; The act of embracing. ;; The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins. ;; That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.
Clique : A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense. ;; To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.
