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clied

clied is the simple past and past participle of cly.

Meaning of cly

Verb

cly (third-person singular simple present clies, present participle clying, simple past and past participle clied)

  1. (obsolete, slang, transitive) To seize; to steal.
    • Wapping thou I know does love, / Else the ruffin cly the mort; / From thy stampers then remove, / Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport.1707, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 34

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Words that rhyme with clied

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Questions about clied

What is clied the simple past and past participle of?
Clied is the simple past and past participle of cly.

Words near clied in the dictionary

  1. clidinium bromide
  2. clidocostal
  3. clidocranial
  4. clidoic
  5. clidomancy
  6. clied
  7. cliencies
  8. cliency
  9. client
  10. client account
  11. client accounts

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