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Snip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
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Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller.
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The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.
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Snip (?), n. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.
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2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.
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3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L'Estrange
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4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley.
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5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
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