Lexicographical Neighbors of Clype
Literary usage of Clype
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"... un Sher Thursday a man sholde do poll lus here, and clype his berde, and a
preest sholde shave his crowne, so that there ahold ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To clype, ». n. 1. To be loquacious ; to tattle ; to prate, Roxb. Aberd. ...
Hence, clype, ». A tell-tale, Loth. Always applied to a female, Clydes. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"To clype, ». n. 1- To be loquacious ; to tattle ; to prate, Roxb. Aberd. ...
Hence, clype, ». A tell-tale, Loth. Always applied to a female, ..."
4. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"clype, i. 453. "A tell-tale: always applied to a female. ... Every schoolboy has
known a " clype" in his own class, and probably ..."
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