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