That is, break the shell carefully and snip the outer shell membrane, thus opening the space between the outer and inner membranes.

" They soon reached the tailor's, which was not far from the office, on the same street; and Mr. O'Brallaghan came forward, scissors in hand, and smiling, like a great ogre, who was going to snip off people's heads, and eat them for his breakfastonly to satisfy his hunger, not from any malevolent feeling toward them.

pocket handkerchief, hanky^, hankie. clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress^, snip; dressmaker, habitmaker^, breechesmaker^, shoemaker; Crispin; friseur [Fr.]; cordwainer^, cobbler, hosier^, hatter; draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer.

They are at this identical moment under the snip and the paste of the fairest hands (bating chilblains) in Cambridge, soon to be transplanted to Suffolk, to the envy of half of the young ladies in Bury.

In her anger she clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snip, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.

In her anger she clutched Rapunzel's beautiful tresses, wrapped them twice round her left hand, seized a pair of scissors with the right, and snip, snip, they were cut off, and the lovely braids lay on the ground.

BURNING THE BOOKS THE DOZEN FROM LAKERIM I Some people think it great fun to build a house of cards slowly and anxiously, and then knock it to pieces with one little snip of the finger.

It rather looked as if she were meaning to snip off Alan Massey figuratively in much the same ruthless manner.

A little snip like you mustn't have money," answered Horace, carelessly; "auntie gave it to me.

"Ah, if I but knew their snip-snap, lippetty-chippetty lingo!

In the town in which I reside, in the north of England, the word Snob was formerly applied to a cobbler, and the phrase was in use, "Snip the tailor, and Snob the cobbler.

10 The poets, who must live by courts, or starve, Were proud so good a government to serve: And, mixing with buffoons and pimps profane, Tainted the stage, for some small snip of gain.

"Hail, snip," says Manuel, "and whatever are you doing in this perilous place?"

Manuel asked, "Snip, was that in truth the bridle called Gleipnir?" "No, Manuel, it is an ordinary bridle.

" "O subtle, ugly little snip!" says Manuel: and again he patted Niafer on the shoulder.

"Why, snip, did he do that?" asked Manuel, smiling sleepily and gravely, as for the third time he found that his charmed sword Flamberge was unneeded.

"Well, well, dear snip," said Manuel, the first thing of all, "now it is certainly a comfort to have you back again.

" "But what has Queen Stultitia to do with my having a baby?" "Everything, dear snip.

Dom Manuel asked: and he added, "Not that I did, dear snip, but I shall not argue about it."

and seen what horrible misshapen creatures they were!" "Nonsense!" said Manuel, stoutly: "you are a dear snip, but that does not make you a competent critic of either physiognomy or sculpture.

So do not excite yourself, dear snip.

Just in distributing what is their Due, he would think himself below their Tailor to wear a Snip of their Cloaths in Lace upon his own; and below the most rapacious Agent, should he enjoy a Farthing above his own Pay.

The air was sultry; all was still; The sun like flashing glass; And snip-snap my light-whispering steel In arcs of light did pass.

It wud ha'e been a snip for me.

We could see the white front o' the house from there, and us in the dark shadow: and there was the gap handy, that Amos could snip through at a pinchyou fenced it up yoursel' the very summer that father died in the fall.