cly

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person's pocket. obsolete,slang
动词 v.
  1. To seize; to steal. obsolete,slang,transitive
    — 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.

词形变化

clies present,singular,third-person clying participle,present clied participle,past clied past clies plural

词源

词源 1
Probably related to claw (compare Low German kleien, klaien (“to claw, scratch, grasp, seize”), dialectal German klauen, kläuen, kleuen (“to steal”), German klauen (“to steal, rip off”)).
Alternatively referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.
词源 2
Probably related to claw (compare Low German kleien, klaien (“to claw, scratch, grasp, seize”), dialectal German klauen, kläuen, kleuen (“to steal”), German klauen (“to steal, rip off”)).
Alternatively referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.
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