- clyppan
- \clyppan1 wv/t1a to embrace, clasp; surround, enclose; grip; prize, honor, cherish
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Clipboard manager — A clipboard manager is a computer program that adds functionality to basic clipboard usage. All existing window managers (2011) provide only one buffer, overwritten by each new clipping. The main task of a clipboard manager is to store data… … Wikipedia
Beclip — Be*clip , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beclipped} (?).] [AS. beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace.] To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beclipped — Beclip Be*clip , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beclipped} (?).] [AS. beclyppan; pref. be + clyppan to embrace.] To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clip — I. transitive verb (clipped; clipping) Etymology: Middle English clippen, from Old English clyppan; akin to Old High German klāftra fathom, Lithuanian globti to embrace Date: before 12th century 1. encompass 2. a. to hold in a tight grip ; clutc … New Collegiate Dictionary
Clipboard (software) — Microsoft Word 2003 s clipboard. The clipboard is a software facility that can be used for short term data storage and/or data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations. It is most commonly a part of a GUI… … Wikipedia
clip — clip1 clippable, adj. /klip/, v., clipped, clipped or clipt, clipping, n. v.t. 1. to cut, or cut off or out, as with shears: to clip a rose from a bush. 2. to trim by cutting: to clip a hedge. 3. to cut or … Universalium
clip — clip1 [klıp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for fastening)¦ 2¦(film)¦ 3¦(gun)¦ 4 at a good/rapid/fast etc clip 5¦(cut)¦ 6 a clip round the ear/earhole 7¦(newspaper)¦ 8 $100/50 cents etc a clip ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1,3,8; Date: 1400 1500; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
Klafter — Smfn Maß der ausgespannten Arme erw. obs. (9. Jh.), mhd. klāfter, ahd. klāftra f., mndd. klachter n. Stammwort Vergleichbar ist lit. glėbỹs m. ausgebreitete Arme, Armvoll , lit. glé̇bti umarmen, in die ausgebreiteten Arme nehmen ; auf… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
clasp — {{11}}clasp (n.) c.1300, claspe, perhaps metathesis alteration of clapse, and thus from O.E. clyppan clasp (see CLIP (Cf. clip) (2)). {{12}}clasp (v.) late 14c., from CLASP (Cf. clasp) (n.). Related: Clasped; clasping … Etymology dictionary
clip — {{11}}clip (v.1) to cut, c.1200, from O.N. klippa, probably echoic. Related: Clipped; clipping. The noun is attested from mid 15c., originally shears. Meaning rate of speed is c.1867. Meaning an extract from a movie is from 1958. {{12}}clip (v.2) … Etymology dictionary
