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(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To plait.

(3):

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

(4):

(v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.

(5):

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

(6):

(n.) Pian; pang.

(7):

(n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, - used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.

(8):

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

(9):

(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.

(10):

(v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.

(11):

(v. t.) To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest.

(12):

(n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.

(13):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pinch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pinch.html. 1828.
 
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