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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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..

Nipping :: Nipping (a.) Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind..

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

Cheliform :: Cheliform (a.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike..

Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

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..

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

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

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

Nip :: Nip (v. t.) To catch and inclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon..

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

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

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

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