Clipping

The act of encircling with the arms; embracing. -Act or operation of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing. -A piece of anything separated by clipping; as, "the clippings of our beards." Clique, ( klēčk ,) n. [Fr. Etymol. unknown.] A party; a coterie; a set; a faction; a cabal; a gang; as, a clique of politicians. (Used, for the most part, in a disreputable sense).