Clip

·noun A cutting; a shearing.

II. Clip ·add. ·noun A rapid gait.

III. Clip ·noun An Embrace.

IV. Clip ·noun A clasp or holder for letters, papers, ·etc.

V. Clip ·vi To move swiftly;

— usually with indefinite it.

VI. Clip ·vt To Curtail; to cut short.

VII. Clip ·noun A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

VIII. Clip ·vt To embrace, hence; to Encompass.

IX. Clip ·noun The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

X. Clip ·add. ·noun A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

XI. Clip ·vt To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

XII. Clip ·noun An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

XIII. Clip ·add. ·noun A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, ·etc.

XIV. Clip ·noun 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.