As Boswell remarks, he never uses a parenthesis; and his style, though ponderous and wearisome, is as transparent as the smarter snip-snap of Macaulay.

A snipping machine or a teazer may also be used for somewhat similar purposes, and for opening out ropes and similar close textures.

Harpin appeared to be putting the last snipping touches to the Colonel's too-long neglected side-whiskers.