It was one January morning, very early — a pinching, frosty morning — the cove all gray with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward.
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Pinching — Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinching — Evelyn Amy Pinching (* 18. März 1915 in Norwich; † 24. Dezember 1988 in Westminster, London) war eine britische Skirennläuferin. Als Mitglied des von Arnold Lunn gegründeten Ladies Ski Club im schweizerischen Mürren feierte Pinching erste Erfolge … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pinching — Pinch Pinch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinching}.] [F. pincer, probably fr. OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to G. pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Cf. {Piece}.] 1. To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pinching — Synonyms and related words: Siberian, abstraction, algid, annexation, appropriation, arctic, avaricious, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boosting, boreal, brisk, brumal, cheap, cheeseparing, close, closefisted, cold, cold as… … Moby Thesaurus
pinching — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, hard fisted, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penny pinching, penurious, petty, stingy, tight, tightfisted.… … English dictionary for students
Pinching bar — Pinching Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinching nut — Pinching Pinch ing, a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony. [1913 Webster] {Pinching bar}, a pinch bar. See {Pinch}, n., 4. {Pinching nut}, a check nut. See under {Check}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pinching-Off-Syndrom — Das Pinching Off Syndrom (deutsch etwa Abkneif Syndrom ) ist eine bei wildlebenden, nestjungen Seeadlern (Haliaeetus albicilla) auftretende schwere Befiederungsstörung. Die Erkrankung wurde bisher nur in Mittel und Westeuropa nachgewiesen.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pinching discharge — glaustinis išlydis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pinch discharge; pinch effect discharge; pinching discharge vok. Pinchentladung, f rus. самостягивающийся разряд, m pranc. décharge à autostriction, f; décharge autocontractée, f;… … Fizikos terminų žodynas
pinching off — pinciravimas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Augalų ūglių patrumpinimas arba nuskabymas. atitikmenys: angl. nipping; pinching off rus. пинцироква; прищипка … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
