CLIP, CLIPPED, CLIPPING
ADJECTIVES
► TONSILE that may be clipped or shorn, as hedges, shrubs, etc. → 1664 obs.
NOUNS
► BARBING a clipping, shaving, hairdressing → 1485 obs.
► EAVESING a clipping, polling, shearing; also, what is cut off; the clippings of hair → a800 obs.
► TONSURE the clipping of shrubs or hedges → 1691 obs.
► TWISTING a pruning, a clipping → 1535 obs.
VERBS
► BARB to clip wool, cloth, coin, etc. → 1483
► COW to clip, to cut short, to prune → 1507 Sc.
► SNICK to clip, to cut slightly, to snip, to nick, to clip → 1728
► TWIST to prune, to clip → 1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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