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clies

clies is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about clies

What is clies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cly.

Words near clies in the dictionary

  1. clientship
  2. clientships
  3. clientside
  4. clientworthy
  5. clientèle
  6. clies
  7. Cliett
  8. Clietts
  9. Clif
  10. Clifden
  11. Clifdenian

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