Definition of nip

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Nip (n.) A short turn in a rope.

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Schizognathous :: Schizognathous (a.) Having the maxillo-palatine bones separate from each other and from the vomer, which is pointed in front, as in the gulls, snipes, grouse, and many other birds..
Cat''s-foot :: Cat's-foot (n.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
Maniple :: Maniple (a.) A handful.
Ubiquity :: Ubiquity (n.) Existence everywhere, or in places, at the same time; omnipresence; as, the ubiquity of God is not disputed by those who admit his existence..
Contraction :: Contraction (n.) Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc..
Osteotome :: Osteotome (n.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..
Manipulate :: Manipulate (v. t.) To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns..
Nip :: Nip (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
Squally :: Squally (a.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a flied of turnips or grain.
Snip :: Snip (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip..
Snip-snap :: Snip-snap (a.) Quick; short; sharp; smart.
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) 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..
Redbreast :: Redbreast (n.) The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot..
Snick :: Snick (n.) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast..
Hooded :: Hooded (a.) Hood-shaped; esp. (Bot.), rolled up like a cornet of paper; cuculate, as the spethe of the Indian turnip..
Ambury :: Ambury (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes..
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..
Wood Tick :: Wood tick () Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata..
Cow Parsnip :: Cow parsnip () A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America)..
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