v. Obs. Also clyne. [a. OF. cline-r to incline, perh. aphetic for acliner and encliner; cf. ACCLINE, INCLINE. The 16th-c. writers may have had the Gr. κλίνειν or L. -clīnāre directly in view.] intr. To bow, incline.
a. 1400. Cov. Myst. (1841), 114. With alle mekenes I clyne to this acorde.
a. 1400–50. Alexander, 1901. Ilka kyng sall clyne [v.r. incline] to my-selfe.
c. 1440. Bone Flor., 1128. Hyt to falsehed can clyne.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 82. Clynyn’ or declynyn’, declino. Ibid. (1499) (Pynson), Clyne or bowe downe.
Hence Clined ppl. a., Clining vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 96. Shamefast and downe clyned eyes.
1538. Leland, Itin., I. 105. Nottingham … standith stately on a clyninge Hille. Ibid., II. 56. Bradeford stondith on the clining of a slaty Rokke. [Or, are these CLIVING?]
