nippers

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nippers - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nippers \Nip"pers\, n. pl. [From 2d Nip.]
     1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
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     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.
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     3. (Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to
        secure a cable to the messenger.
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