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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..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty..

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

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..

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

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

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

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances..

Crimp :: Crimp (v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.

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

Chela :: Chela (n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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

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

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

Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Limited as to means; straitened; pinching; as, narrow circumstances..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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