Obs. Also clep. [f. prec. vb.]
1. A call, cry, shout. rare.
c. 1340. Cursor M., 1118 (Trin.). Caym … wende to haue scaped wiþal For any monnes clepe or cal [Cott., etc. Þat nan him cuth ne clepe ne cale].
a. 1547. Surrey, Æneid, II. 1022. With clepes and cries to fill the streets.
2. Sc. Law. Clep and call: full legal citation.
c. 1375. Quoniam Attach., xxxiv. Non sicut fit in aliis placitis de wrang et vnlaw in quibus fit clep et call. Ibid., Bute MS. fo. 141 (heading) in Sc. Acts, I. 182. Þe fourme to mak clepe and cal apon brekyng of proteccyon.
Clepe, obs. f. CLIP v.1, 3 to embrace, to clink.
