Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works

clip to embrace: “Clip dead men's graves,” 2 HENRY VI., iv. 1. 6 ; “let me clip ye In arms,” CORIOLANUS, i. 6. 29 ; “here I clip The anvil of my sword,” CORIOLANUS, iv. 5. 109 ; “You elements that clip us round about,” OTHELLO, iii. 3. 468 ; “clip your wives,” ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, iv. 8. 8 ; “No grave upon the earth shall clip in it,” ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, v. 2. 356 ; “To clip Elysium,” VENUS AND ADONIS, 600 ; “clip me,” THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, xi. 14 ; “clipp'd in with the sea,” 1 HENRY IV., iii. 1. 44 ; “clipp'd his body,” CYMBELINE, ii. 3. 134 ; “clipp'd about,” CYMBELINE, v. 5. 449 ; “she clipp'd Adonis,” THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM, xi. 6 ; “clippeth thee about,” KING JOHN, v. 2. 34 ; “clipping her,” THE WINTER'S TALE, v. 2. 52.