An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Nip, Nimp, s. A small bit of anything, S.

Su. G. nypa, id.

Nip, s. A bite, a term used in fishing, S.

Nipcaik, s. One who eats delicate food clandestinely, S.
Dunbar.

Nippit, adj.
1. Niggardly, S.

Su. G. napp, Isl. hnepp-er, arctus.

2. Scanty in any respect, S.
Lyndsay.

Niplug, s. To be at niplug, to quarrel, S.

NIPSHOT, s. To play nipshot, to give the slip.
Baillie.

Perhaps, q. to nip one's shot.
V. [Shot].