pinch |
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(1) - Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
(2) - Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
(3) - Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
(4) - Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
(5) - Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
(6) - Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
(7) - Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
(8) - Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
(9) - Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
(10) - Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
(11) - Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
(12) - 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. |
pinchbeck |
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(1) - Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
(2) - 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. |
