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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; invisible ('a priv. + &unr_; to appear) + &unr_; a wing. ] (Zool.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cornu horn + pluma feather. ] (Zool.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (Heracleum sphondylium in England, and Heracleum lanatum in America). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large mosquito. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The edible fruit of a West Indian tree (Genipa Americana) of the order Rubiaceæ. It is oval in shape, as a large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or . 1. Any tree or shrub of the genus Genipa. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The West Indian sapindaceous tree Melicocca bijuga, which yields the honeyberry; also, the related trees Exothea paniculata and E. trifoliata; called also ginep.
Syn. -- Spanish lime, Spanish lime tree, honey berry, mamoncillo, Melicocca bijuga, Melicocca bijugatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Slang) 1. (a) A small poster, suitable for a curbstone. (b) A curbstone broker. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. same as street Arab. [ PJC ]

3. a person of low moral character. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. "armoni`a harmony + fwnh` sound.] (Mus.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube. [1913 Webster]

n. Power over fire. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ignipotens; ignis fire + potens powerful. ] Presiding over fire; also, fiery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vulcan is called the powerful ignipotent. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); -- called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and half snipe. (b) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. juniperus, prop., youth-producing, and so called from its evergreen appearance, from the roots of E. juvenile, and parent. Cf. Gin the liquor. ] (Bot.) Any evergreen shrub or tree, of the genus Juniperus and order Coniferæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common juniper (Juniperus communis) is a shrub of a low, spreading form, having awl-shaped, rigid leaves in whorls of threes, and bearing small purplish blue berries (or galbuli), of a warm, pungent taste, used as diuretic and in flavoring gin. A resin exudes from the bark, which has erroneously been considered identical with sandarach, and is used as pounce. The oil of juniper is acrid, and used for various purposes, as in medicine, for making varnish, etc. The wood of several species is of a reddish color, hard and durable, and is used in cabinetwork under the names of red cedar, Bermuda cedar, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juniper worm (Zool.), the larva of a geometrid moth (Drepanodes varus). It feeds upon the leaves of the juniper, and mimics the small twigs both in form and color, in a remarkable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow amorphous substance extracted from juniper berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) One of the fossil Coniferæ, evidently allied to the juniper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The genus of trees comprising the junipers.
Syn. -- genus Juniperus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Lamina + L. planta sole of the foot. ] (Zool.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F. ligniperde. ] (Zool.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. manipulus, maniplus, a handful, a certain number of soldiers; manus hand + root of plere to fill, plenus full: cf. F. maniple. See Manual, and Full, a. ] 1. A handful. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A division of the Roman army numbering sixty men exclusive of officers; any small body of soldiers; a company. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Originally, a napkin; later, an ornamental band or scarf worn upon the left arm as a part of the vestments of a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. It is sometimes worn in the English Church service. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. manipularis: cf. F. manipulaire. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the maniple, or company. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manipulatory; as, manipular operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Manipulated p. pr. & vb. n. Manipulating ] [ LL. manipulatus, p. p. of manipulare to lead by the hand, fr. L. manipulus. See Maniple. ] 1. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns; to manipulate the stock market. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. manipulation. ] 1. The act or process of manipulating, or the state of being manipulated; the act of handling work by hand; use of the hands, in an artistic or skillful manner, in science or art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Manipulation is to the chemist like the external senses to the mind. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The use of the hands in mesmeric operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artful management; as, the manipulation of political bodies; sometimes, a management or treatment for purposes of deception or fraud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to manipulation; performed by manipulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Prone to attempt to influence others by devious or subtle psychological means, in order to induce them to do what one wants. [ PJC ]

n. (Education) Any object given to children to encourage them to learn by manipulating physical objects; applied especially to solid objects of varying geometrical shape that can be fit together to form larger aggregates. [ PJC ]

n. One who manipulates, sometimes in an underhanded or fraudulent manner; as, a stock market manipulator. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to manipulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LG. & D. nippen to sip; akin to Dan. nippe, G. nippen. ] A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Nipped less properly Nipt; p. pr. & vb. n. Nipping ] [ OE. nipen; cf. D. niipen to pinch, also knippen to nip, clip, pinch, snap, knijpen to pinch, LG. knipen, G. kneipen, kneifen, to pinch, cut off, nip, Lith. knebti. ] 1. To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell,
Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
If I be such a traitress. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. [ 1913 Webster ]

The small shoots . . . must be nipped off. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To vex or pain, as by nipping; hence, to taunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To nip in the bud, to cut off at the very commencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pinch with the nails or teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nip and tuck, a phrase signifying equality in a contest; as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play. [ Low, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A monotypic genus of palms of Australasia.
Syn. -- genus Nipa, Nypa, genus Nypa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. from sap of an Australasian palm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, nips. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fore tooth of a horse. The nippers are four in number. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A satirist. [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A pickpocket; a young or petty thief. [ Old Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) The cunner. (b) A European crab (Polybius Henslowii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Nip. ] A small cup. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From 2d Nip. ] 1. Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A number of rope-yarns wound together, used to secure a cable to the messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nipping manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. 1st Nip. ] Peculiarly strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor. [ Old Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

'T will make a cup of wine taste nippitate. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Strong liquor. [ Old Cant ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb, Nib. ] 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. [ R. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis), formerly used as an external application to the nipples of women; -- called also dock-cress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Japanese nippon, Japan. ] a native or inhabitant of Japan.
Syn. -- Japanese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language; Japanese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Pleasantly cold and invigorating; -- of weather conditions.
Syn. -- crisp, frosty, nipping, snappy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. omniparens all-producing; omnis all + parere to bring forth. ] Producing or bringing forth all things; all-producing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Omni- + -parity. ] Equality in every part; general equality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Omniparient. ] Producing all things; omniparient. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Omni- + patient. ] Capable of enduring all things. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]