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Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To plait.

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

Bepinched :: Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinc.

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..

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

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

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..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches..

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.

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..

Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..

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..

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

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

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

Pincers :: Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.

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..

Pelter :: Pelter (n.) A pinchpenny; a mean, sordid person; a miser; a skinflint..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..

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