| 单词 | snip off |
| 例句 | Uri pulled down the hatch, snipping off the daylight, then he flipped a switch and a bare lightbulb burned among the cobwebs in the ceiling. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She was snipping off the seedpods with a pair of shears. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She snips off my underwear with a huge pair of scissors and throws the pieces in the trash. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I said, reaching over to snip off a long clump by my ear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Some of the trees were cut in half, as though a huge pair of pliers had snipped off the tops. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The padlock snipped off surprisingly easy, Jamie working one handle and Michael pushing the other. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z With the scissors, Pris snipped off one of the spider’s legs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z After Mabelee had swallowed, she did the same thing August had done—snipped off a piece and gave it to the next person in the circle, who happened to be Neil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She borrowed scissors from Sister Inez and began snipping off the duct tape binding the boy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To make hybrids, Mendel had to first neuter each flower by snipping off the anthers—emasculating it—and then transfer the orange blush of pollen from one flower to another. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He leaned down and snipped off a tender morsel. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z My grandmother made me a tiny toothbrush, using a matchstick for the handle, and into this she stuck little bits of bristle that she had snipped off one of her hairbrushes. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A technician snipped off a strand of Matt’s hair and retreated. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I take four samples of the mossy ground cover and snip off several pieces of a fallen elephant-ear leaf. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z With the scissors, Pris snipped off another of the spider’s legs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When Owens stepped out, the throng swarmed him and began snipping off bits of his clothing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Before she began to snip off squash again, she watched Señor Fidencio and Aunt Consuelo help the staggering Elena to the old truck parked a distance away under the lacy pepper trees. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I can’t help staring as they snip off the larger leaves of what I now recognize as kale. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When finished, snip off any extra plastic bits along the shape’s edges with scissors before placing it on the paper plate. Catch some rays by transforming an old CD 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Using strong kitchen scissors, snip off and discard the legs from each prawn. Yotam Ottolenghi's three-course feast 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z If you want to lengthen the plant's production of leaves, simply snip off any flower buds to push energy back into the plant rather than allowing it to go to seed. How to grow basil, summer’s favorite herb 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z She presented a work of conceptual art known as “Cut Piece,” in which she sat on a stage while audience members used scissors to snip off pieces of her clothing until she was almost nude. Gustav Metzger, provocative artist who developed ‘auto-destructive’ art, dies at 90 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Women are something of an endangered sex in “Alex Cross”: one, half-dressed in black lingerie, dies after all her fingers are methodically snipped off. Movie Review: ‘Alex Cross,’ With Tyler Perry as James Patterson’s Detective 2012-10-18T22:17:48Z However, the judges have to first snip off the twee shoulder bows before they are happy with his lingerie dress. 2010-02-12T15:13:00Z They walk through the elevator doors at quitting time, then immediately back in to start the day, as if someone has snipped off the rest of life and twisted the remainder into a Möbius strip. ‘Severance’ Review: That Makes Two of You 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The book showcases her successes, like the “Lucille Ball” look, for which she took a baggy polka-dot dress, snipped off its sleeves, ran the new armholes through a sewing machine and voilà, bonbon time. Books of Style: Holiday Reading, Some Homework Required 2012-12-12T23:23:53Z Use scissors to snip off the sharp top from each artichoke leaf. Take that steamed artichoke — and dip it. Dip it good. 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z You’ll still need to snip off the pointed petal tips to keep from scratching yourself while eating. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Another snipped off pieces from a subway map, then pasted them onto a white paper. Zine Makers Grab Their MetroCards and Go to Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Another, by Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino, depicts a woman with scissors poised to snip off her tongue and nose in an allusion to the violence Brazil suffered during its long dictatorship. Hammer Museum gala brings out the stars, and an Ava DuVernay speech about men 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z The country musician's trademark tresses were coloured red when they were snipped off in the early 1980s. Nelson's braids sell for $37,000 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z One was “Cut Piece,” for which she knelt on a bare stage, placed a pair of tailor’s scissors in front of her and directed the audience to snip off her clothing. Review: In ‘Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971,’ Text Messages From the Edge 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Now considered her masterpiece, the work required Ms. Ono to climb onstage and allow visitors to snip off her clothes with scissors. Yoko Ono’s 1971 MoMA Show Finally Opens 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The way to bring them indoors is to snip off the blooms and float them in a shallow bowl where they will keep for a week or more. The hellebore: Popular, early and now in a dazzling variety 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z When I need some, I just snip off a few sprigs, which also keeps my plant tidy and shapely. Rosemary and bay laurel thrive on winter windowsills 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z This is why he recommends choosing one or two female flowers and snipping off the rest. How do giant pumpkins grow so big? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It is where William Burroughs was taken after deliberately snipping off part of his left pinkie with poultry shears. Review: ‘Bellevue’ Celebrates a Hospital Not Crazy, but Compassionate 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z In the morning Kamla presents me with a yellow polythene packet with one corner snipped off. Arundhati Roy | Gandhi, but with guns | Part Two 2010-03-27T09:00:00Z He often brings an attractive female friend along to distract the staff while he snips off the labels, though he said he has never actually taken anything of value. In New York, a Business Course Geared to Artists 2010-06-18T22:48:00Z Mr. Paik himself, in the midst of one concert, leaped into the audience with a pair of scissors, snipped off John Cage’s necktie, and fled the building. Mary Bauermeister, Avant-Garde Artist and Host, Dies at 88 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z You can’t snip off a chunk and quote it for the reader. A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Corso found a pair of scissors and, in a supreme act of Dada adoration, snipped off Duchamp’s tie. The Beats’ Countercultural Ferment Still Bubbles, in Paris 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z He selected one and snipped off its end just below the second trellising wire, at a height of about 6 feet. How one of Virginia’s best wineries manages its vines, starting in January 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Longer beards are easiest as you're simply snipping off errant hairs. Cutting your own hair doesn't have to be sheer terror – Here are tips from the pros 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Afterward other volunteers help swab the shark’s skin for bacteria and snip off a tiny piece of its dorsal fin for genetic analysis, while one of the professionals takes a blood sample. Drag Queens Tag Sharks in Annual Florida Science Celebration 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Many herbs thrive in containers, and then you can snip off little bunches of basil, dill, oregano and thyme to your heart’s content, knowing there will be more to come. How to cook with garden and windowsill herbs this summer 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Now, with advances in ancient DNA technology, researchers have been able to pull genetic clues from locks of Beethoven’s hair that had been snipped off and preserved as keepsakes. What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z He snipped off the zip ties securing it to a metal blockade and paraded it around for selfies at a cryptocurrency networking event. Sam Bankman-Fried is under house arrest at Stanford. Students are obsessed. 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z She will eventually snip off enough fleece for her project — along with wee bits of several fingers. Review | The tale of Martha the sheep and the ugly sweater she helped make 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z ERAP2’s job is to snip off bits of the foreign proteins to prepare them for their display. How the ‘Black Death’ Left Its Genetic Mark on Future Generations 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z "For Freedom," said Binoche as she snipped off a huge handful of her auburn hair and held it up to the camera. French actresses cut hair in protest over Mahsa Amini's death 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z As she snipped off sections of her hair, she names Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of Iran's morality police has sparked a wave of demonstrations that has spread to more than 80 cities. Nazanin cuts hair in support of Iran protests 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Neighbors spotted U-Haul trucks coming and going from the residence as early as Friday, two days before Francis would snip off his monitoring bracelet with heavy scissors and disappear on Sunday. Explainer: How did big fish in Navy bribery case get away? 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z For flowering varieties, be careful not to trim new growth until after they have flowered, or you may be snipping off a potential bud. Making time to care for your indoor house plants 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Vet Gabby Drake carefully snipped off the big cat's left ear, put it in cold packaging and posted it to Nature's Safe, before sending Goshi for a post mortem. Extinction: Why scientists are freezing threatened species in 'biobanks' 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z For fresher or stubborn garlic, you may have to snip off the end of each clove where it was attached at the root. Skillet chicken and rice goes bold with a whole head of garlic 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Instead of poking fibers to the back, some people recommend snipping off the loose fibers, then shaving the fabric with a razor to shear off remaining frayed bits. Perspective | How to repair upholstery damaged by cats 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z With a rubber spatula, transfer the melted chocolate to a self-sealing food storage bag and, with scissors, snip off one corner to create an impromptu pastry bag. This homemade Chocolate Lava Cake oozes restaurant-quality goodness 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z This harvester uses “advanced image processing technology” to identify ripe apples that are picked by six arms that snip off the fruit. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Her husband was a veterinarian and gladly snipped off the tails of newborn puppies when I carried a basket of them next door. Opinion | The Afghanistan exit 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In the clip, Joanna snips off a lock of Chip's hair before a hairdresser and Bailey take over the rest. Chip Gaines debuts shocking hair transformation he made for charity: 'All worth it' 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Then he used scissors to snip off a tiny section of a rear fin, placing it in a plastic bag. Instead of braving the river, these endangered salmon take the highway 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z "I'm not sure what justice looks like for the DRC is being snipped off from a potentially valuable global supply chain." The U.S. wants to make EV batteries without these foreign metals. Should it? 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Especially when you went to a late afternoon show and emerged onto Colorado Boulevard and City Hall was all lit up like somehow Pasadena had snipped off a tiny corner of Paris. Column: I used to mock L.A. nostalgia — until the ArcLight closed. Now I want to howl at the sky 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z Using a small spoon or piping bag with a tip snipped off, fill each fig half with the goat cheese mixture; if not serving right away, refrigerate until needed. Figs stuffed with goat cheese are the low-effort, high-flavor appetizer you need 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Once your lights are hung, fully secure each zip tie and snip off the excess plastic with scissors. Make your outdoor space more inviting with string lights | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Working in small sections, hold the hair between your pointer and middle fingers, then use point cutting to snip off the ends. DIY haircuts during the pandemic: Experts weigh in and offer tips 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Grab a sibling or parent to snip off the dough from the piping bag. Makes these easy, decadent churros — with chocolate dipping sauce! | Cooking with Sadie 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The server set the jars’ tops aside, reached in with silver tongs and lifted a long, chubby white band of powdery marshmallow, snipping off squares with shiny oversize scissors. The Sensuous Pleasures of Handmade Marshmallows 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Workers stand shoulder to shoulder in the steamy processing rooms, each taking a few seconds to put the ducks on hooks, snip off the head or feet, strip the neck, vacuum-seal the breasts. A Luxury Dish Is Banned, and a Rural County Reels 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z I began to move down the row, snipping off clusters that seemed right. How Natural Wine Became a Symbol of Virtuous Consumption 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Make sure you either snip off the excess seedlings or carefully separate them into individual plants when moving them into the garden. Once it warms up, it’s all about that basil 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z At the Monte Rosa farm in Almeria, workers wearing tight-fitting gloves move along rows of bushy, vertical plants, snipping off ripe tomatoes. Produce growers in sunny south Spain brace for Brexit pain 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Video obtained by SNJ Today showed an athletic trainer snipping off Johnson’s locks. New Jersey wrestler who was forced to cut dreadlocks returns to the mat for first time since incident 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Conversely, viral delivery of MMP-2 to the same brain region promoted subsequent weight gain and the snipping off of receptors. A Molecular Reason Why Obese People Have Trouble Losing Weight 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The researchers captured at least 150 rats in each city, snipped off a bit of tissue and probed the samples for 15,000 genetic markers. As cities report more rats than ever, scientists find eastside and westside rodents 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z And a toe is snipped off, with bloody results. What to watch with your kids: ‘A Wrinkle in Time,’ ‘The Long, Long Holiday’ and more 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s when surgeons snip off some of your bald scalp, then stretch the remaining hair-covered portion of scalp up over your skull. Has the secret of Donald Trump’s hair finally been revealed? 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Wilder snips off the end of one of the sapling’s branches, opens the press to an empty page, and arranges the cluster of leaves between two sheets of paper before closing the press back up. Retired botanist finds purpose in cataloging nature’s chaos 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z An ambulance arrived and emergency medical technicians snipped off her clothes. After the accident, there’s pain and guilt 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z The best way to delay flowering — as well as to encourage branching and new growth — is to harvest regularly by snipping off the ends of the branches. Basil makes a lovely addition to your garden — and your pesto 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z They snip off fur for testing and remove the radio collar. Colorado study upends assumptions about human-bear conflicts 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z “I don’t know who the president of China is,” she says, snipping off bits of excess latex from Trump’s face. Trump Still Has Lots of Face at This Chinese Factory 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z He snipped off a black velvet bow that was attached to a dress’s neckline and moved it a few inches down the breastbone. Gucci’s Renaissance Man 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Nelson is not accused of hitting the girl, but the complaint alleges she snipped off several inches of the victim’s hair. 2 teens charged in videotaped beating of Minnesota girl 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z He swabbed the skin and snipped off the ends of the swabs for testing. How, and Why, to Hunt the Red-Spotted Newt 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Post-conditioning, he goes over the hair again with a pair of scissors, snipping off the singed ends and any rogue flyaways for the smooth, finished look that his clients desire. Burning Your Hair Is Now a Thing 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z They aren’t “closed works,” as he has put it; they are lengths of consciousness that he will “snip off” at random intervals, like licorice cut from a spool: John Ashbery’s Feat of Style 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Using polymerase chain reactions to snip off strands of DNA, they obtain what is essentially a unique bar code for each individual species. Genetic Flotsam Offers Clues to Ocean Biodiversity 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The chaotic scene that unfolded, as a plainclothes officer snipped off the vest, was captured on cellphone video by a bystander and distributed over social media. A Boy in ISIS. A Suicide Vest. A Hope to Live. 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Like later horned dinosaurs, it possessed a sharp beak used to snip off the plants it munched. Meek Montana plant-eater foreshadowed huge horned dinosaurs 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Narrative threads seem to be snipped off at obscure junctions; nothing is baldly stated. The Trials of Penelope Fitzgerald 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z On April 17, the last remnant of captivity was snipped off when an ankle bracelet was removed at a halfway house in Denver. He's no longer a prisoner of the war on drugs 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The Dole-Kemp ticket won 12 percent of the black vote, with Ross Perot snipping off another 4 percent, leaving 84 percent for President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. Rand Paul’s pursuit of black voters splits GOP 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z She snipped off the legs off her hosiery but kept the figure slimming panty. Spanx stretches into new territory with jeans, but the promised magic is elusive Then the team started snipping off small branches, about 2 inches in length, creating more clones, as they’re called. Before pot yield of their dreams, constant care for fickle plants 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z The co-worker later snipped off the end of that tape measure. Your great miscalculations 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z He prepares the transplant by snipping off all flowers and larger leaves from a flowering stem. Fremont gardener works for colorful summer blooms 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z The popular event encourages women to assert their power through customs like symbolically storming town halls, snipping off men’s ties below the knot, and compensating them with a festival kiss or “Butzie.” Germany has a holiday devoted to women doing whatever they want 2014-02-14T12:00:00Z As the friends ate the unusual peppers, they snipped off leaves from each plant, which they later crushed and liquefied to examine the DNA within. Creating Tastier and Healthier Fruits and Veggies With a Modern Alternative to GMOs 2014-01-23T05:00:00Z Scoop batter into a large Ziploc-style bag, or a large piping bag, and snip off the tip to fill the batter in a doughnut pan. Healthy Homemade Doughnut Recipes 2013-06-07T14:50:00Z He had cinched Ms. Koenig’s hands behind her with zip ties in the shop, and snipped off the ends. Serial Killer Israel Keyes Ends Half-Told Tale of His Crimes With Suicide 2012-12-08T01:26:33Z One day last year, I unzipped the covering around one of my couch cushions, snipped off a small sample of the foam and mailed it to Stapleton’s lab to be analyzed. Arlene Blum’s Crusade Against Toxic Couches 2012-09-07T00:02:49Z A tiny bit of the scabbard of Jeanne had been snipped off by a flying shrapnel fragment, but the sword of Jeanne, which is raised high above her head, has not a nick in it. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z She had very sharp eyes and she snipped off threads with a bite of her sharp teeth, and stuck a sharp needle into her work in a very sharp manner. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z I snipped off a larkspur blossom of china-blue And held it, A blossom against the sky ... The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets 2011-12-31T03:00:17.930Z When he at last rebels and privily snips off his hair and rends his sashes and furbelows, she weeps, not because of the loss of material, but because of the loss of an ideal. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z And Somehow Good is simply snipped off, when it might conceivably have proceeded on its way. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Lord Orrel had a bit of his left ear snipped off, and the president got a flesh wound just below the left shoulder. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z He however succeeded in getting his hands in its long hair, and snipped off a lock with his scissors. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z Commander Pete Conrad and crewmember Al Bean found Surveyor, snipped off its camera and brought it home to study the effects of the lunar environment on high-tech equipment. New Pictures of the Apollo Landing Sites 2011-09-07T09:00:00Z At this point I am sorry to say that Archie, in the wish to have everything as real as possible, actually did snip off a good part of Ethelinda's flossy curls. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z Nor had she snipped off a lock of Bill's yellow hair and sworn to bathe it in the heart-blood of his slayer. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Almost immediately the fly grew feeble; then the wasp snipped off its proboscis, and next the legs. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Joey placed the chisel on the shoe with nice calculation of the amount he wanted to snip off; his assistant boy swung the big hammer, and an inch cube of red-hot iron dropped off. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Dil snipped off the faded leaves, and gave them 15 a fresh water bath. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z It's convenient: When these crustaceans get hungry, all they need to do is snip off a piece of sponge. Shrimp Hurt the Sponges That Shelter Them 2011-07-29T21:26:34Z All suckers were ruthlessly snipped off as soon as they grew, so that the entire strength of the plants could go into the ripening of tomatoes. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z The Reverend Arthur sighed, and half turned away to snip off two or three tendrils from a vine-shoot above his head. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Bitterly did he lament his hard lines in venturing upon the Black Water, to be snipped off in the flower of his adolescence, and never again to behold the beloved visages of his relations! A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z A cottonmouth bit a finger, which instantly turned black, prompting his wife to snip off the fingertip with garden clippers. Bill Haast, a Man Charmed by Snakes, Dies at 100 2011-06-18T01:08:07Z The strong wind was sweeping 3 along, snipping off patches of salty spray from the tops of the waves, sending it with stinging force into the faces of the two boys. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z Dropped off the leaf in its eager haste, got on third leaf, and continued till nothing was left but a small part of the body—the head had been snipped off before. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z With ruthless hands they tore down the big green curtain in their own suite, snipped off the rough end with scissors, and bore it back in triumph to Cinderella’s apartment. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z The best the emperor can do is to snip off the heads of men and women, who are mere mortals. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z “It was like a hundred candles suddenly brought into a dark room,” Betty said, snipping off her thread. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z I am now," she continued, moving towards a stand of geraniums and beginning to snip off some dead leaves, "about to conclude the picture. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Yet, little as it is, the pupil's stupid body servant takes the first bite, and the steward will snip off a something for himself. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Greenpeace activists surreptitiously snipped off the stalks’ tassels in the hope of preventing pollen from being disseminated. In the Fields of Italy, a Conflict Over Corn 2010-08-24T01:44:00Z He then snipped off a lock of hair and, with his nurse and his shocked patient, examined the specimen clinging there -- an unmistakable louse -- under a microscope. Medical Mysteries: Dermatologists couldn't explain woman's endless itching 2010-04-20T04:00:00Z Her ladyship was busy, in a pair of white kid gloves, snipping off faded leaves and flowers, and she left her occupation to greet her visitor. A Double Knot That very day Tryphie had her revenge, for, going into the drawing-room, she found Tom fast asleep on the sofa, and snipped off the ends of his moustache, wax and all. Lady Maude's Mania On the king's refusal they visit the country with various plagues, snipping off the ears of corn, letting the calves suck all the cows dry, defiling the wells, and so forth; but Fergus is obdurate. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race "And the strange thing is you don't know it," said Mrs. Agatha, snipping off a final rose. Our Admirable Betty A Romance It is a good plan to go round every morning with a basket and scissors, and snip off all faded blooms, as, when several days elapse, the work becomes long and irksome. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them You would have thought she was snipping off thread with her teeth. H. R. This accomplished, with a pair of scissors the fibrinous tumors were snipped off. The Dog Accustomed to bite and eat its way through hard leaves, why did not the insect snip off and destroy its rope? The Hills and the Vale Sweet dreams hover near this soft remembrance and I only regret that I did not snip off enough to have a jeweler braid it for my watch-charm locket. Cupid's Middleman Evergreen roses need scarcely be touched, save to cut out dead branches and snip off decayed ends. Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them One needs only to snip off the heads whose petals have dropped, to have a fresh and beautiful bowl of roses every morning. Upon The Tree-Tops He goes through the field and snips off every bloom he sees when he’s hoein’ among ’em, and I help him between times. The Bondboy She reached in and snipped off a spire of larkspur from the very back of the border, then stood back to see what had happened. The Camerons of Highboro Treatment.—When they are small and pedunculated, they may be snipped off with shears and the stump touched with nitrate of silver. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Clorinda snipped off the tops from the carrots she was preparing for her soup, and assented. A Noble Woman He snips off the stalks with his sharp pincers, and, when he has made a big enough sheaf, sidles off home with it to his burrow in the ground, to feast upon it. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. Scribner's Illustrated “We’re going to school, too,” declared Dot, with such a positive snap of her blunt scissors that she snipped off a paper doll’s head. Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm These shears she held forward, and with them she snipped off, as noiselessly as possible, a lock of Bob's hair. Among the Brigands The points of the pins may be snipped off with pliers. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle You catch 'em and kill 'em," said the little girl, "and I'll snip off their tails. The Biography of a Prairie Girl First gather and wash it as clear as possible of sand and grit, washing it again and again, snipping off the gritty parts of the roots where it held onto the mother rock. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts The treatment consists in snipping off the redundant portion with scissors. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. She had nothing to do but neatly and delicately paste on the bit she had snipped off. The Dop Doctor "All the same, if you don't want me to snip off that wart I won't." The Boy Ranchers in Camp or The Water Fight at Diamond X While Langford watched, staring at him with fearful, wondering eyes, Dakota deftly snipped off the mustache with the shears, lathered his lip, and shaved it clean. The Trail to Yesterday When the birds are caught their heads should be snipped off as you do those of domestic fowls, or in some other way that is as painless as possible. Our Bird Comrades The filiform and digitate varieties may be snipped off with the scissors, and the base touched with nitrate of silver; or a ligature may be used. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine The ants take hold, their bodies are snipped off, and the row of jaws remains until the wound is healed. Edge of the Jungle This clever man then hastened on And bought a pair of shears, But when he tried to cut with them, He snipped off both his ears. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk He ought to be ashamed to snip off my finger, and then call me tough. Aunt Madge's Story Then she snipped off the top of a red geranium blooming in the window sill and dropped it into a finger bowl. Molly Brown's Senior Days Mrs. March snipped off her thread, as if she challenged the world. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 The ulnar articular facet is to be snipped off with bone-pliers. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners Then Lucy might tell Caroline to snip off the bloom and give it to her. Country Neighbors Standing on the Mer de Glace, near the Montanvert, he snipped off the ends of a number of hermetically sealed flasks containing organic infusions. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 They would run swiftly out upon the ends of the small branches, reach out for the maple keys, snip off the wings, and deftly slip the nut or samara into their cheek pockets. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers If he had any dead leaves to snip off, I would snip them. Once a Week The metacarpal bones must then be treated in precisely the same way, their ends sawn off and their articular facets snipped off with the bone-pliers longitudinally. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners "This piece of embroidery has lasted me three terms, and it isn't finished yet," said Maisie Talbot, leisurely snipping off a thread, and pausing before she chose another piece of silk. The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Each snipping off is of course followed by an inrush of air. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 She snipped off bits of the ribbon and allowed them to go fluttering away from her in the wind. Lalage's Lovers Somebody had snipped off a bit of it for test, and discovered that the wire was superconductive. Long Ago, Far Away If the boy had only dared clasp his father's hand and thank him, but he had been repressed and snipped off and kept in leading-strings too long to dare a spontaneous impulse. A Little Girl in Old New York If a single eyelash, it may be snipped off with scissors close to the margin of the eyelid or pulled out by the root with a pair of flat-bladed forceps. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse We carry the flasks to a hayloft, and there, with a pair of steel pliers, snip off the sealed ends of the group of three-and-twenty. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Finally she produced a small pair of scissors and snipped off a tiny piece and handed it to Emmy. How Janice Day Won "You were very silly, Shane," she snipped off a thread with the scissors. The Wind Bloweth “And with the same result, Missus,” observed the machine-man, putting the plate between the clippers, which, closing quietly, snipped off about a foot of iron as if it had been paper. The Iron Horse “Follow my example: snip off it not a finger’s breadth, half a finger’s breadth.” Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Then I snip off the sealed end of the flask. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 I think I shall take the care of this house altogether, and do the watering and snip off the dead leaves. The Fortunes of the Farrells She cut lumps off her hair wherever she could get at it, till she looked like an Indian squaw, and then she s–s–snipped off her eyelashes till there wasn’t a hair left. Sisters Three Peggy would have followed, but, on her approach, the other walked quickly forward and began stooping over the flower-beds, and snipping off the withered blossoms. More About Peggy Magin took a cigar out of his pocket, snipped off the end with a patent cutter, lighted it, and regarded the smoke with a growing look of amusement. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Here the rose-breasted grosbeak is in the blooming cherry tree, snipping off the blossoms with that heavy beak of his—a spot of crimson and black half hidden in masses of white petals. The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers It was carried over to the wall of the Ancient Mariner, a smaller piece snipped off as before, and carried inside. Invaders from the Infinite Then with a scissors she snipped off a lock. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales I slipped the book behind the pillow which I had just straightened, walked over to a geranium in the window, and nonchalantly snipped off a leaf. The Fifth Wheel A Novel Then he came out of his hiding-place, and snipped off the fresh young leaves from the bushes as he walked along making up his mind what he would do next. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat She knew them by their bright leaves, which looked as though they had been snipped off at the top with a pair of scissors. What Might Have Been Expected The fewer a doctor has snipped off, the less he charges, don't you know. From the Housetops With this she snips off a ripe ear with a few inches of the stalk and throws it into her basket, which now hangs from her shoulder. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir "Yes, sir," Lois answered, carefully snipping off the thorns on the stem of a rose before she plunged it down into the water in the big punch-bowl; "but people cannot help just wondering sometimes." John Ward, Preacher Left to himself, Gay wheeled about and passed into the side-garden, where he found Kesiah snipping off withered roses with a pair of pruning shears. The Miller Of Old Church If you go too fast, you're very likely to snip off your strips; and if you go too slow, somebody else will beat you. Marjorie at Seacote With his straight surgical scissors Black Dillon snipped off this sacred appendage before the good lady knew what he was about, and cropped the back of his head down to the closest stubble. The House by the Church-Yard "What have you been thinking about us?" the girl asked, snipping off a big rose. The Big-Town Round-Up Now—the table snipped off—we see those practical parts of the flower that interest us. About Orchids A Chat And her kind-hearted mother would snip off her thread and say gently, in a tone of polite regret, "Poor little girl!" The Garden of the Plynck I'm ever so glad," said Dotty, "that the barber snipped off my kyurls. Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple "No—a little," Nina answered, snipping off the redundant stalks of the grapes. Prince Fortunatus "Then put in some new earth, the richest you can get, and we 'll snip off all the withered leaves and dry twigs, and see if it won't take a new start." Polly Oliver's Problem Then I let each o' them gals snip off a grab o' my hair. In the Days of Poor Richard "We shall snip off every ear of corn in thy kingdom," said they. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland Then snip off the hairs close to the skin, put them points downwards resting in a box, and pick out the long hairs. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries "I don't know that I've any better reason," Davenant laughed, snipping off the end of his cigar, "than that which leads the ox to his stall—because he knows the way." The Street Called Straight She took up a creamy rose and snipped off a fragment of stalk over the saucer. If Winter Comes Pull away a few of the lower leaves, and snip off the points of all. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 So the Wee Folk snipped off every ear of standing corn in Ulster, and once more they returned and demanded Iubdan. The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland I have many a time had my pot of porter snipped off of my dinner in this way; and have had to dine with dry lips. Tales of a Traveller Taking up a new pair of shears lying near, he snipped off, in a mischievous moment, the boy's pigtail. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Sort of snipped off the end of what he was saying and left it hanging, if you follow me. If Winter Comes She rushes into huts, palaces, and even into the grand stand, and lays about her with her scissors, snipping off threads with the utmost abandon. Reveries of a Schoolmaster "We are God's witnesses," said Mrs. Henry Goldsmith, snipping off for herself a little bunch of hot-house grapes. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He had very high ambitions for me, and a chronic disgust for anything abnormal--such as little boys who had had their legs snipped off. The Penalty Now, I thought I had been sitting still long enough, and so I snipped off the rest of the doctor story and got myself across that field with pretty long steps. Pomona's Travels A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her Former Handmaiden I went on with my part, and then, during a wait, two of Mrs. Nettleship's assistants came on to the stage and snipped off a jewel here and there. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections One of the maids brought a string of sausages sizzling hot from the pan and deftly snipped off as many as were called for upon each of our plates. Abroad with the Jimmies I snipped off a little tuft of hair and carried it to the laboratory where the microscope stood on the bench under its bell-glass. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta "Payson, Senior," answered Mr. Tutt as he snipped off the end of a stogy with the pair of nail scissors which he always carried in his vest pocket. By Advice of Counsel Stars and "Georges" were snipped off ambassadors and peers as they entered St. James's Palace. Collections and Recollections Since his return the piece of skin has been snipped off and proves the wound not so serious as it looked. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I She put down her lunch-basket and snipped off some clover heads. Polly and the Princess Tony snipped off a rose with her big shears and dropped it into her basket. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth I once snipped off the nose of a Busne, and opened the greater part of his cheek in an affray up the country near Trujillo.' The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain Art Osgood sat with his shoulders drooped forward a little, and painstakingly snipped off tiny bits of the splinter. Jean of the Lazy A "That's as much as you'd earn in a week and a half at that rough man's work, and it's yours for just letting me snip off what you've got too much of." The Woodlanders Then, finally, some inconsiderate hand, wielding the pen or shears, blots out or snips off the poet's name, and henceforth the song is anonymous. The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac It was filled; she snipped off the length, and pinned the end down to the banded lace. Sons and Lovers There were twenty-three snipped papers," resumed Brown unmoved, "and only twenty-two pieces snipped off. The Innocence of Father Brown To-night he could only wander restlessly about his conservatory, snipping off a dead leaf here and there and wondering where the whole thing was going to end. The Crimson Blind It had taken a snip off Mamma's and Papa's room on one side of the window, and a snip off the spare room on the other. Mary Olivier: a Life "Only," said Jimmy, with quiet severity, taking a cigar from the box and snipping off the end, "don't let it occur again." The Gem Collector Missing buttons were never replaced except by pins; torn ends of trimming were left hanging or snipped off; and after a whole summer's carelessness, Patty's garments were in a deplorable state. Patty Fairfield "And here I see the corners that were snipped off." The Innocence of Father Brown Take it down to the smoking-room and snip off the ends for me. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories In mere despite whereof the Jews snip off that parcel of the skin in circumcision, choosing far rather to be called clipyards, rascals, than to be flayed by women, as are other nations. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 All the ends are snipped off as it were with scissors. The Possessed (The Devils) Miss Rebecca stepped to the honeysuckle vine with a detached air and snipped off a straggling tendril with her shears. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories "It only had a corner snipped off," said Flambeau, "and I understand that all Quinton's paper was cut that way." The Innocence of Father Brown "What are you about?" cried Moppet, seizing her sister's hand as she was in the act of snipping off one with the scissors. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott What in the world was the pronunciation ever snipped off like that for? A Flock of Girls and Boys "I told you it was nonsense!" and she snipped off a rose with a kind of miniature brusqueness. The Boss of Little Arcady Then he searched in a box till he found another spring, which he put in instead of the broken one, after snipping off a little bit with a pair of pincers. Gutta-Percha Willie It has a sort of edge snipped off at the corner. The Innocence of Father Brown They did not appear to be biting it—they can easily snip off fragments of the hardest oak,—they merely alighted and examined it, and went on again. The Open Air Whatever is wrong with the patient, the doctor insists on snipping off parts and pieces and extracts of him and sending them mysteriously away to be analysed. Literary Lapses "So you do know some French," I said as I snipped off poppy-heads; "you have always pretended you don't." The Solitary Summer Taking the nippers, Mr. Jones snipped off from one-third to one-half the length of the branches from one of the bushes and cut out the old dead cane. Driven Back to Eden A sharp pat on the stone window frame beside him, after the bullet had snipped off the tip of his left ear, caused Mr. Marquand to draw back suddenly. The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail If the weather is hot and sunny, snip off about one-third to one-half the leaf area to reduce transplanting shock. Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway These clouds the captain studied closely, especially a prismatic sun-dog that glowed like a bit of rainbow snipped off by wind-scissors, and one or two dirt spots sailing along by themselves. Tides of Barnegat I snipped off sweet-pea pods and began to talk French at a great rate, asking questions as I snipped, and trying to extract answers, and getting none. The Solitary Summer Sit down and let me snip off your hair, and let me see you sham decently in a widow's cap to-morrow, or I'll leave the house. Ruth Molly was flitting about her, gardening away under her directions; tying up the long sea-green stalks of bright budded carnations, snipping off dead roses. Wives and Daughters The trail meant just a little snip off the bark of a young tree here, the top of a bush freshly broken there, again a little branch cut showing that the axe had been used. Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador The two sisters were like a pair of scissors, snipping off everything that came athwart them; or like a knife and a whetstone, the one sharpened against the other. Women in Love It did not take long to get his pliers from his toolbag and snip off a piece of the wire. Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Now and then the "refrain" is varied by "Tar!" being shouted instead, when a piece of skin is snipped off as well as the wool. Shearing in the Riverina The only result was to nip up his knife, to snip off its point, and transform what was left of the blade into a saw. Robur the Conqueror Mrs. Riversedge, who had been snipping off the heads of defunct roses, and thinking of nothing in particular, sprang hurriedly to mental attention. The Chronicles of Clovis He snipped off a section of the bone. The Prospector Bryanston Square was dark with purple colour as though the purple curtains inside the house had been snipped off from a general curtained world. The Captives Then he snips off the head of the chicken, and wipes some of its blood on the frayed sticks and on the ring. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo Lifting her skirts to avoid the lakes of water left by the garden hose, she stopped in front of a rose-bush, and began to snip off the shrivelled flowers. Villa Rubein, and other stories She snipped off a lock of his hair one day with a pair of manicure scissors. On the Makaloa Mat Besides, I did but snip off enough to leave the tribunal's mark upon her. The Adventures of Gerard After this the men had no difficulty in keeping out of its way, though it still moved with some speed, snipping off young trees in its path like grass. A journey in other worlds A romance of the future Presently he took a fowl, snipped off its head and sprinkled its blood upon the image, and so again with another and another fowl. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo This card gave me the right to buy one dinner daily, and when I bought it that day of the week was snipped off the card so that I could not buy another. Russia in 1919 That surely was a good idea, and ten yards snipped off was a most interesting addition to his pack. Rolf in the Woods |
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