Category:Nippers

Nip"pers, n. pl. Etym: [from 2d nip.]

1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.

2. (mach.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: a number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable To the messenger.