The armourer's pincers or tongs. Also, a hammock with so little bedding as to be unfit for stowing in the nettings.
·noun One who, or that which, nips. II. Nipper ·noun The <<Cunner>>. III. Nipper ·noun A <<Satiris...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
n. local name in Sydney for Alphaeussocialis, Heller, a species of prawn. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
A cut purse. CANT. -- Formerly purses were worn at the girdle, from whence they were cut. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Foretop-men employed to bind the nippers about the cables and messenger, and to whom the boys return...
The Sailor's Word-Book