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.
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.
2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the
practice of clipping the edges of coins.
clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who
receives clipped money. --Locke.
3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece
separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.