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Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.

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..

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..

Pinching :: Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinc.

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

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

Tweak :: Tweak (n.) A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose..

Belly-pinched :: Belly-pinched (a.) Pinched with hunger; starved.

Bepinch :: Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches..

Tweague :: Tweague (n.) A pinching condition; perplexity; trouble; distress.

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

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..

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

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..

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip..

Scrimp :: Scrimp (n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

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..

Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.

Nip :: Nip (n.) A pinch with the nails or teeth.

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