to clip

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

To hug or embrace: to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminish the current coin. To clip the king's English; to be unable to speak plain through drunkenness.

Related Words

Clip
·noun A cutting; a shearing. II. Clip ·add. ·noun A rapid gait. III. Clip ·noun An <<Embrace>>. I...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
clip
A blow or stroke with the hand; as, He hit him a clip.--Webster. Provincial in New England and the N...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.