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Nip :: Nip (n.) A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice..

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..

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..

Claw :: Claw (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc..

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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Hunger-bitten :: Hunger-bitten (a.) Pinched or weakened by hunger.

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

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..

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

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

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

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