Clipping
['klɪpɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; 'he searched through piles of letters and clippings'.
Editor: Quentin--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clip
(n.) The act of embracing.
(n.) The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.
(n.) That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This event was the great debasement of the silver coin, by clipping and wearing. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The next process is termed clipping, the spoon being cut out from the blank in the correct outline of the pattern. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- These, with clippings which we include from the writings of others high in authority on the subject, contain as full an account of recent experiments as we can give with our limited space. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Edited by Harold