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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Clips, Clippis, n. [ME. and e.m.E. clips(e, ME. clipes, clippes, etc., shortened from eclipse.] An eclipse. a1500 Henr. Orph. 594 (B).
As is the clippis and the coniunctioun Of sone and mone be calculatioun c1500 Crying of Play 55.
Quhen scho was crabit the son tholit clips [B. clippis] c1500-c1512 Dunb. liv. 13.
Quhen scho was born, the sone tholit clippis 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 120.
Ane clips fell in the mone, The quhilk all Scotland maid asteir 1535 Stewart 43592.
The sone it wes als mirk … As it had bene about the mirk midnycht. Withoutin clippis this aduenture befell 15.. Lichtoun Dreme 53.
I tuke the sone beme in my neif, And wald haif clumin, bot it was in ane clips 1567 Sat. P. viii. 27.
To flyt with thé and fyle my lippis, The sone, the mone sould haif the clippis