(chiefly in sense 3.).

Diminished; made less in size, number, or degree; reduced in power.

That has undergone the operation of shearing; shorn. †Of a coin: Clipped.

Worn down.

Of coin: Sweated. Obsolete.

Cut as with shears or scissors, cut short, spec. having the hair or wool shorn, etc. Also of speech: (a) mumbled or indistinct (see clip, v.2 5b)…

Of gold coins: Lightened by friction or attrition.