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clying

clying is the present participle and gerund 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 clying

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Questions about clying

What is clying the present participle and gerund of?
Clying is the present participle and gerund of cly.

Words near clying in the dictionary

  1. clyer
  2. clyers
  3. clyfaker
  4. clyfakers
  5. clyfaking
  6. clying
  7. clymant
  8. Clymene
  9. Clymene dolphin
  10. clymenid
  11. clymenids

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