Webster's Dictionary 1913

4456

Pinakothek

‖Pin″a‐ko‐thek′ (?), n. Pinacotheca.

4457

Pinaster

Pi‐nas″ter (?), n. [L., fr. pinus a pine.] (Bot.) A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.

4458

Pinax

‖Pi″nax (?), n.; pl.Pinaces (#). A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet. Sir T. Browne.

4459

Pince-nez

‖Pince′–nez″ (?), n. [F. pincer to pinch + nez nose.] Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

4460

Pincers

Pin″cers (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. pince pinchers, fr. pincer to pinch. See Pinch, Pinchers.] See Pinchers.

4461

Pinch

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...

4462

Pinch (2)

Pinch, v. i. 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be cov...

4463

Pinch (3)

Pinch, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity;...

4464

Pinch (4)

Pinch, v. t. To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. Robert Barr.

4465

Pinchbeck

Pinch″beck (?), n. [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco.] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces...

4466

Pinchbeck (2)

Pinch″beck, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. “A pinchbeck throne.” J. A. Symonds.

4467

Pinchcock

Pinch″cock′ (?), n. A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

4468

Pinchem

Pin″chem (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European blue titmouse.

4469

Pincher

Pinch″er (?), n. One who, or that which, pinches.

4470

Pinchers

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.☞ Th...

4471

Pinchfist

Pinch″fist′ (?), n. A closefisted person; a miser.

4472

Pinching

Pinch″ing, a. 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 und...

4473

Pinchingly

Pinch″ing‐ly, adv. In a pinching way.

4474

Pinchpenny

Pinch″pen′ny (?), n. A miserly person.

4475

Pincoffin

Pin″coff‐in (?), n. [From Pincoff, an English manufacturer.] A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.

4476

Pincpinc

Pinc″pinc′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).

4477

Pincushion

Pin″cush′ion (?), n. A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.

4478

Pindal

{ Pin″dal (?), Pin″dar (?), } n. [D. piendel.] (Bot.) The peanut (Arachis hypogæa); — so called in the West Indies.

4479

Pindaric

Pin‐dar″ic (?), a. [L. Pindaricus, Gr. �, fr. � (L. Pindarus) Pindar: cf. F. pindarique.] Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar;...

4480

Pindarical

Pin‐dar″ic‐al (?), a. Pindaric.Too extravagant and Pindarical for prose. Cowley.

4481

Pindarism

Pin″dar‐ism (?), n. Imitation of Pindar.

4482

Pindarist

Pin″dar‐ist, n. One who imitates Pindar.