Chapter 5, Item 171a
Nippers
A Pair of Nippers, being the under Nipper and the higher; these are of Iron, and are to hold the Rope fast down in the Tar Pan, while it is drawn through the Tar: It is drawn out by a Windlass, such as Buckets are drawn out of a Well; yet it being turned but three times about the Stock of the Windlass, is drawn off it as fast as it is drawn through the Tar.
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