Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) To plait.

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Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..
Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..
Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..
Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..
Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..
Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..
Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.
Strait-waistcoat :: Straitness (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances..
Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..
Pliers :: Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
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