- (v.t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (n.) A sip or small draught; especially, a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
- (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
- (n.) A small cut or a cutting off the end.
- (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- (n.) A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- (v.t.) To remove by pinching, biting or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- (v.t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
- (n.) A short turn in a rope.
- (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.
- (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- (v.t.) To remove by pinching, biting or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- (v.t.) Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (n.) A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
- (n.) A short turn in a rope.
- (n.) A small cut or a cutting off the end.
- (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- (v.t.) To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt.
- (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- (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.
- (n.) A sip or small draught; especially, a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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