vbl. sb. Obs. [This, with clyghted under CLITCH v.1, implies a vb. clight, formed on the pa. pple. of CLITCH.] = CLITCHING; bending.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. liii. (1495), 169. The legges ben coueryd … wyth the flesshe . so that they … greue not the thyes wyth their clightyng [Bodl. MS. clitting] and foldynge.

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