verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To pinch, or mark with pinches. archaic, transitive

   "shoulders , all bepinch'd"

2. 2
   To pinch all over. dialectal, transitive

Etymology

From be- + pinch.

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