GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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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.
   A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
   Shak.
   
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   A small shred; a bit cut off.
   Wiseman.
   
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   A share; a snack. [Obs.]
   L'Estrange
   
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   A tailor. [Slang]
   Nares. C. Kingsley.
   
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   Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
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