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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLYPE, Kleip, n.4 and v.4 [kləip]
1. n. A blow (Bnff.2, Abd.9, Fif.1 1936). Cf. Cleepie.Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) xi.:
He took the sacket a kleip i' the side o' the heid wi' his open luif.m.Sc. 1922 J. Buchan Huntingtower vii.:
But they pressed us hard, and one o' them landed me an awful clype on the jaw.
2. v. “To strike with something flat” (Cai.1 c.1920).
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