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

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

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..

Pinchfist :: Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural.

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

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

Pinchcock :: Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Tweak :: Tweak (v. t.) To pinch and pull with a sudden jerk and twist; to twitch; as, to tweak the nose..

Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Small pinchers for curling the hair.

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