clip vs jackstay

clip

noun
  • A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. 

  • A frame containing a number of rounds of ammunition which is intended to be inserted into an internal magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading. 

  • A newspaper clipping. 

  • A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video 

  • A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak. 

  • An act of clipping, such as a haircut. 

  • The product of a single shearing of sheep. 

  • The condition of something, its state. 

  • A removable magazine of a firearm. 

  • A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear) 

  • Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. 

  • An unspecified, but normally understood as rapid, speed or pace. 

  • A season's crop of wool. 

verb
  • To curtail; to cut short. 

  • To grip tightly. 

  • To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier). 

  • To strike with the hand. 

  • to grab or take stealthily 

  • To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value. 

  • To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc. 

  • To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard. 

  • To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it. 

  • To hit or strike, especially in passing. 

  • To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play. 

  • To fasten with a clip. 

  • To cheat, swindle, or fleece. 

jackstay

noun
  • A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard. 

  • A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. 

  • A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable. 

  • A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search. 

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