An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

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 amongst 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.
Wallace.

A. S. clipp-an, clypp-ian, to embrace.