CLIP

clip. Clip, v. to cut short, cut, embrace, confine, tear

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Clip (klĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (klĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] [[OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klȳpa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]] 1. 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.
O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. 2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay. 3. 3. To curtail; to cut short.
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.