2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number.
3. A satirist. [Obs.] Ascham.
4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [Old Cant]
5. (Zoöl.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii).
NIPPERKIN
Nip"per*kin, n. Etym: [See 1st Nip.]
Defn: A small cup. [Obs.]
NIPPERS
Nip"pers, n. pl. Etym: [From 2d Nip.]
1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting.
2. (Mach.)
Defn: 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.