3. (Naut.)
Defn: A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger.
NIPPING
Nip"ping, a.
Defn: Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.
NIPPINGLY
Nip"ping*ly, adv.
Defn: In a nipping manner.
NIPPITATE
Nip"pi*tate, a. Etym: [Cf. 1st Nip.]
Defn: Peculiary strong and good; — said of ale or liquor. [Old Cant]
'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman.
NIPPITATO
Nip`pi*ta"to, n.
Defn: Strong liquor. [Old Cant] Beau. & Fl.