NIPPERS

nippers. Nippers, n. pl. an instrument, small pinchers

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