Part 170 (2/2)

From the sound; Teut _klinck-en_, tinnire

_To_ CLINK, _v a_ A ter alertness in manual operation, S

_To_ ~Clink on~, _v a_ To clap on

_Ramsay_

_To_ ~Clink up~, _v a_ To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S

If not radically the same with the v _cleik_, with _n_ inserted; allied perhaps to Dan _lencke_ a chain, a link, q _gelencke_

CLINT, _s_ A hard or flinty rock Gl Sibb ”_Clints_ Crevices ast bare lime-stone rocks, North” Gl Grose

Hence,

~Clinty~, ~Clynty~, _adj_ Stony, Loth

Su G _klint_, scopulus

_Douglas_

CLIP, _s_

1 probably borrowed from a sheep newly shorn or _clipped_

_Evergreen_

2 A colt of a year old

_Buchan_

_To_ CLIP, CLYP, _v a_

1 To embrace

_King's Quair_

2 To lay hold of in a forcible manner

_Douglas_

3 To grapple in a sea-fight