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Webster 1913 Edition

Nipping

Nip′ping

,

Adj.

Biting; pinching; painful; destructive;

as, a

nipping

frost; a

nipping

wind.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nipping

NIP'PING

,

ppr.

Pinching; pinching off; biting off the end; cropping; clipping; blasting; killing.