nip

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

The small shoots ... must be nipt off.

And sharp remorse his heart did prick and nip.

Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

He had never expected to fling the soldier, or to be flung by Flea. “One nips or is nipped,” he thought, “and never knows beforehand. …"