a. Pinched with hunger; starved. “The belly-pinched wolf.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. chiche miserly. ] Parsimonious; niggardly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Penuriousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. See Clinker-built. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Finchbacked. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who flinches or fails. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having or measuring (so many) inches;
v. t. To put into a chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The European blue titmouse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, pinches. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This spelling is preferable to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the English pinch, and because it represents the common pronunciation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
We'll quell the savage mountaineer,
As their tinchel cows the game! Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]