4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, — used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. At a pinch, On a pinch, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a little Latin.
PINCHBECK
Pinch"beck, n. Etym: [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf.
It. prencisbecco.]
Defn: 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.
PINCHBECK
Pinch"beck, a.
Defn: Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A pinchbeck throne." J. A. Symonds.
PINCHCOCK
Pinch"cock`, n.
Defn: A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
PINCHEM
Pin"chem, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
PINCHER
Pinch"er, n.