Vocabulary : Pinafore to Pinched

Pinafore : An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.
Pinakothek : Pinacotheca.
Pinaster : A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.
Pinax : A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
Pince-nez : Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

Pincers : See Pinchers.
Pinch : To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. ;; 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. ;; o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. ;; To plait. ;; Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. ;; To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. ;; To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches. ;; To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. ;; To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. ;; A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip. ;; As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff. ;; Pian; pang. ;; A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
Pinchbeck : An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry. ;; Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinchcock : A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Pinched : of Pinch

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