Pincers definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PINCERS, an erroneous orthography of pinchers,which see. Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl. 1 (also pair of pincers) a gripping-tool resembling scissors but with blunt usu. concave ... f. AF f. OF pincier PINCH Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pincers Pin"cers, n. pl. [Cf. F. pince pinchers, fr. pincer ...
pair of pincers definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a hand ... of a compound lever for grasping [syn: pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers]
... of a compound lever for grasping [syn: pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers] 2: a grasping structure on the ... a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers ; chela 3. pincer movement • pincerlike adjective Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (pincers) 1. Pincers consist of two pieces of metal that are hinged in ... His surgical instruments were a knife and a pair of pincers. N-PLURAL: also a pair of N 2. The pincers of an animal such as a crab or a ...
... first pair tear apart insect and spider prey. Strong, clawlike pincers on the large second pair, held horizontally in front, are ... 1 an arachnid of the order Scorpionida, with lobster-like pincers and a jointed tail that can be bent over to inflict a poisoned sting on prey held in its pincers. 2 (in full false scorpion) a similar arachnid of the ... a powerful pair of jaws, two long limbs terminating with pincers, which make the creature look like a small crayfish or ...
... carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers 2: a quarrelsome grouch [syn: crab, crabby person] 3: (astrology ... antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers b. any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling ... footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh of a crab, esp. Cancer pagurus, as ...
... end Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl. a small pair of pincers for taking up small objects, plucking out hairs, etc. Etymology: extended form of tweezes (cf. pincers etc.) pl. of obs. tweeze case for small instruments, f ... N Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. pl. Nippers, pincers.
... s noun Date: 1541 1. any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping — usually used in plural 2. a. chiefly British ... any tool for gripping or cutting, e.g. forceps or pincers. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nipper Nip"per, n. 1. One ... maxillae, meathooks, mite, mitts, moppet, nails, nippers, offspring, palm, peewee, pincers, pounces, shaver, tad, talons, teeth, tot, unguals, ungulae, wee tot ...
... plural in construction Etymology: 2ply Date: circa 1569 a small pincers for holding small objects or for bending and cutting wire Oxford Reference Dictionary n.pl. pincers with parallel flat usu. serrated surfaces for holding small objects ...
... 2005) n 1: an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies ... forcepslike adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. same) 1 surgical pincers, used for grasping and holding. 2 Bot. & Zool. an organ ...
... tool is designed b. plural the jaws of tongs or pincers 2. something bitten or held with the teeth: a. the ... drilling. 3 the cutting or gripping part of a plane, pincers, etc. 4 the part of a key that engages with ...