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 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. [Obs.]
 3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
    The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.   --Franklin.
 To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.]
 --Chaucer.