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Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. i.) To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe..

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..

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..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..

Twinge :: Twinge (n.) A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.

Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains..

Ahungered :: Ahungered (a.) Pinched with hunger; very hungry.

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To twist and compress; to turn and strain with violence; to writhe; to squeeze hard; to pinch; as, to wring clothes in washing..

Pincher :: Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..

Teetee :: Teetee (n.) Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to Callithrix, Chrysothrix, and allied genera; as, the collared teetee (Callithrix torquatus), and the squirrel teetee (Chrysothrix sciurea). Called also pinche, titi, and saimiri. See Squirrel monkey, under Squirrel..

Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

Necessitous :: Necessitous (a.) Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances..

Gaunt :: Gaunt (a.) Attenuated, as with fasting or suffering; lean; meager; pinched and grim..

Rub :: Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..

Outsider :: Outsider (n.) A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside..

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