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nippers


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nippers  \Nip"pers\,  n.  pl  [From  2d  {Nip}.] 
  1.  Small  pinchers  for  holding,  breaking,  or  cutting. 
 
  2.  (Mach.)  A  device  with  fingers  or  jaws  for  seizing  an 
  object  and  holding  or  conveying  it  as  in  a  printing 
  press,  a  clasp  for  catching  a  sheet  and  conveying  it  to 
  the  form 
 
  3.  (Naut.)  A  number  of  rope-yarns  wound  together,  used  to 
  secure  a  cable  to  the  messenger. 




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