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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