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nip
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NIP

(Novell Internet Printing) See NetWare 6.


nip
nip and tuck Informal plastic surgery performed for cosmetic reasons

nip2
Chiefly Brit a measure of spirits usually equal to one sixth of a gill

nip [nip]
(geology)
A small, low cliff or break in slope which is produced by wavelets at the high-water mark.
The point on the bank of a meander lake where erosion takes place due to crowding of the stream current toward the lake.
Thinning of a coal seam, particularly if caused by tectonic movements. Also known as want.
(metallurgy)
(mining engineering)


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