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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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