5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
PINCH
Pinch, v. i.
1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches."
2. (Hunt.)
Defn: To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [Obs.]
3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. Gower.
The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare. Franklin.
To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
PINCH
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; as, a pinch of snuff.
3. Pian; pang. "Necessary's sharp pinch." Shak.