Word Meanings - PINCH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. 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. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and
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1. 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. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and pulled her down. Chapman. 3. To plait. Full seemly her wimple ipinched was. Chaucer. 4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. Sir W. Raleigh. 5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
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- PINCHBECK
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. - RELEASE
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. - GRASP
1. To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak. 2. To lay hold of with the mind; to become thoroughly acquainted or conversant with; - SQUEEZE
1. To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orange with the fingers; to squeeze the hand in friendship. 2. Fig.: To oppress with hardships, - PINCHFIST
A closefisted person; a miser. - PINCHER
One who, or that which, pinches. - SCREW-DRIVER
A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw. - GRIPER
One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner. Burton. - SCREW-CUTTING
Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe. - RELEASEMENT
The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton. - SEIZER
One who, or that which, seizes. - EMANCIPATE
To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country. Brasidas . - CLUTCH
The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of - GRASPER
One who grasps or seizes; one who catches or holds. - PINCHING
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. Pinching bar, a pinch bar. See Pinch, n., 4. -- Pinching nut, a check nut. See under Check, n. - PINCHPENNY
A miserly person. - PINCH
1. 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. 2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. He pinched and - RELEASEE
One to whom a release is given. - PINCHCOCK
A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe. - RELEASER
One who releases, or sets free. - TEMPER SCREW
1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting. - CORKSCREW
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel. - BEPINCH
To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman. - DELIBERATELY
With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed. - BREECH PIN; BREECH SCREW
A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bottom of the bore. - DELIBERATE
1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." - UNCLUTCH
To disengage, as a clutch. (more info) 1. To open, as something closely shut. "Unclutch his griping hand." Dr. H. More. - BINDING SCREW
A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit. - HANDYGRIPE
Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting. Hudibras. - CONE CLUTCH
A friction clutch with conical bearing surfaces. - BED SCREW
1. A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. 2. A long screw formerly used to fasten a bedpost to one of the adjacent side pieces. - HINDLEYS SCREW
A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.