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Definition of Pincer
1. Noun. A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping.
Generic synonyms: Hand Tool
Specialized synonyms: Roach Clip, Roach Holder
Derivative terms: Tweeze
2. Noun. A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.
Group relationships: Crustacean
Generic synonyms: Appendage, Extremity, Member
Derivative terms: Claw, Nip
Definition of Pincer
1. Noun. any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers ¹
2. Adjective. (Of an attack) See pincer attack ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pincer
1. one of the two pivoted parts of a grasping tool [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pincer
Literary usage of Pincer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck: Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"I quote the very language of the report in which the honorable manager is also
stated to have further argued, that although the jury have the pincer in ..."
2. The Manufacture of Steel: Containing the Practice and Principles of Working by Frederick Overman, A. A. Fesquet (1873)
"... is put upon the handles, or shank, to hold the tongs firmly to the work.
Next in general utility to the flat-bit tongs, are the pincer-tongs, ..."
3. Bulletin (Geological Survey of Western Australia). by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1873)
"Il est même nécessaire de ne pas pincer la pousse qui précède celle de prolongement,
... En tout cas, on doit toujours pincer en connaissance de cause et ..."
4. Smith's Work: With Numerous Engravings and Diagrams by Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1902)
"pincer Tongs. the slice, Fig. 33, and the rake, Fig. 34. Their uses are obvious.
Before any forging can be done tongs are necessary Fig'. 37. ..."
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