Definition of pinch

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Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..

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Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry..
Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
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..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Chelicera :: Chelicera (n.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..
Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.
Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..
Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..
Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
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