a. Obs. exc. dial. [The Cornwall Glossaries have clib to adhere; in Cornwall and Devonshire clibby is ‘sticky, adhesive’; OE. had clibbor ‘adhesive, sticky,’ related to clifian, CLEAVE v.2] See quots.
1598. [R. Carew], Herrings Tayle, D b (Nares). Then clibbie ladder gainst his battered flanck he reares.
1876. Nares, Clibby, is used in the dialect of Devon in the sense of adhesive.
1880. E. & W. Cornwall Gloss., Clibby, adhesive, sticky.
