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Belly-pinched
Belly-pinched Bel"ly-pinched`, a.
Pinched with hunger; starved. ``The belly-pinched wolf.'
--Shak.
BepinchedBepinch Be*pinch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bepinched.]
To pinch, or mark with pinches. --Chapman. Chinche
Chinche Chinche, a. [F. chiche miserly.]
Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Chincherie
Chincherie Chinch"er*ie, n.
Penuriousness. [Obs.]
By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. --Caucer.
CinchedCinch Cinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cinch"ing.]
1. To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly. [Western U. S.]
2. To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for
forcing submission. [Slang, U. S.] ClinchedClinch Clinch (kl[i^]nch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Clinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen,
prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D.
klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]
1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing
tightly. ``Clinch the pointed spear.' --Dryden.
2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch
the teeth or the first. --Swift.
3. To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been
driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as,
to clinch a nail.
4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to
clinch an argument. --South. Clincher
Clincher Clinch"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.
--Pope.
2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive
argument.
Clincher-builtClincher-built Clinch"er-built, a.
See Clinker-built. finchesSparrow Spar"row, n. [OE. sparwe, AS. spearwa; akin to OHG.
sparo, G. sperling, Icel. sp["o]rr, Dan. spurv, spurre, Sw.
sparf, Goth. sparwa; -- originally, probably, the quiverer or
flutterer, and akin to E. spurn. See Spurn, and cf.
Spavin.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) One of many species of small singing birds of
the family Fringillig[ae], having conical bills, and
feeding chiefly on seeds. Many sparrows are called also
finches, and buntings. The common sparrow, or house
sparrow, of Europe (Passer domesticus) is noted for its
familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young,
and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.
Note: The following American species are well known; the
chipping sparrow, or chippy, the sage sparrow,
the savanna sparrow, the song sparrow, the tree
sparrow, and the white-throated sparrow (see
Peabody bird). See these terms under Sage,
Savanna, etc.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several small singing birds somewhat
resembling the true sparrows in form or habits, as the
European hedge sparrow. See under Hedge.
He that doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently
caters for the sparrow, Be comfort to my age!
--Shak.
Field sparrow, Fox sparrow, etc. See under Field,
Fox, etc.
Sparrow bill, a small nail; a castiron shoe nail; a
sparable.
Sparrow hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small European hawk (Accipiter nisus) or any of
the allied species.
(b) A small American falcon (Falco sparverius).
(c) The Australian collared sparrow hawk (Accipiter
torquatus).
Note: The name is applied to other small hawks, as the
European kestrel and the New Zealand quail hawk.
Sparrow owl (Zo["o]l.), a small owl (Glaucidium
passerinum) found both in the Old World and the New. The
name is also applied to other species of small owls.
Sparrow spear (Zo["o]l.), the female of the reed bunting.
[Prov. Eng.] Flincher
Flincher Flinch"er, n.
One who flinches or fails.
Inched
Inched Inched, a.
Having or measuring (so many) inches; as, a four-inched
bridge. --Shak.
Inchest
Inchest In*chest", v. t.
To put into a chest.
PinchedPinch Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinching.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch;
akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin.
Cf. Piece.]
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. [Obs.]
He [the hound] pinched and pulled her down.
--Chapman.
3. To plait. [Obs.]
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. Pinchem
Pinchem Pin"chem, n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Pincher
Pincher Pinch"er, n.
One who, or that which, pinches.
PinchersPinchers Pinch"ers, n. pl. [From Pinch.]
An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws
working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held
fast, drawing nails, etc.
Note: This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account
of its derivation from the English pinch, and because
it represents the common pronunciation. SkinchedSkinch Skinch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Skinched; p. pr. &
vb. n. Skinching.] [Cf. Scant.]
To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect
a saving. [Prev. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] velincheValinch Val"inch, n. [Cf. F. avaler to let down, drink up. Cf.
Avalanche.]
A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.
[Written also velinche.]
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