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- English Word Pinchers Definition An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.
- English Word Pinchfist Definition A closefisted person; a miser.
- English Word Pinching Definition of Pinch
- English Word Pinching Definition Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
- English Word Pinchingly Definition In a pinching way.
- English Word Pinchpenny Definition A miserly person.
- English Word Pincoffin Definition A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
- English Word Pincpinc Definition An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).
- English Word Pincushion Definition A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
- English Word Pindal Definition Alt. of Pindar
- English Word Pindar Definition The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
- English Word Pindaric Definition Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.
- English Word Pindaric Definition A Pindaric ode.
- English Word Pindarical Definition Pindaric.
- English Word Pindarism Definition Imitation of Pindar.
- English Word Pindarist Definition One who imitates Pindar.
- English Word Pinder Definition One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
- English Word Pine Definition Woe; torment; pain.
- English Word Pine Definition To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
- English Word Pine Definition To grieve or mourn for.
- English Word Pine Definition To suffer; to be afflicted.
- English Word Pine Definition To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.
- English Word Pine Definition To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
- English Word Pine Definition Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
- English Word Pine Definition The wood of the pine tree.
- English Word Pine Definition A pineapple.
- English Word Pine-clad Definition Alt. of Pine-crowned
- English Word Pine-crowned Definition Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.
- English Word Pineal Definition Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
- English Word Pineapple Definition A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.