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

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

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

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..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.

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

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

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4..

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

Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does..

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

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip..

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 (n.) Pian; pang.

Pinch :: 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..

Pinchbeck :: 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..

Pinchbeck :: Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

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

Pinched :: Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinc.

Pinchem :: Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.

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

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..

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

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

Pinching :: Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony..

Pinchingly :: Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.

Pinchpenny :: Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.

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