transitive. To pare or clip (a coin or coinage) illegally. Cf. clip, v.2 4a. Obsolete.

To sweat (gold or silver coin) by the application of acids. Obsolete.

transitive. To clip (a coin). Obsolete.

spec. To mutilate (current coin) by fraudulently paring the edges.

transitive. Scottish. To clip (a coin). Obsolete.

To clip, sweat, etc. (coin). Obsolete.

? To split off scales or flakes from (coin) for the purpose of fraud. Obsolete.

To ‘sweat’ (gold or plate). Obsolete.

To lighten (a gold coin) by wearing away its substance by friction or attrition.

transitive. To make shorter, to diminish the length of, to abridge, curtail. To clip (coin).