snipt

comparative more snipt · superlative most snipt

1. obsoletebiologyJagged; notched.

   The bristles on the fruit-stalks are laid close as in the latter, but the segments of the leaves are very much snipt at the edges.

   1801, William Withering, A systematic arrangement of British plants, volume 3, T. Cadell, page 477

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   The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede.

   1586, Henry Lyte, Rembert Dodoens, A new herball, or, Historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants […] , Ninian Newton, page 100

   Synonyms: serrated, dentate, dented, dentilated, erose, gimped, gnawed, indented

1. archaicArchaic spelling of snipped.