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(1):

(v. t.) To curtail; to cut short.

(2):

(n.) An embrace.

(3):

(n.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

(4):

(v. i.) To move swiftly; - usually with indefinite it.

(5):

(v. t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.

(6):

(v. t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

(7):

(n.) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

(8):

(n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

(9):

(n.) A rapid gait.

(10):

(n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.

(11):

(n.) 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.

(12):

(n.) A cutting; a shearing.

(13):

(n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

(14):

(n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Clip'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/clip.html. 1828.
 
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