pincers
121tweezers — [17] French étui denotes a small case for carrying personal articles, small tools and the like (it was descended from Old French estuier ‘keep, shut up, imprison’). English adopted it in the early 17th century as etui or, anglicized, as etwee.… …
122barnacles — [bär′nəkəlz] pl.n. [ME & OFr bernac, kind of bit] 1. nose pincers for controlling an unruly horse 2. an instrument of torture like such pincers …
123scorpion — n. 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 order Pseudoscorpionida,… …
124Scorpion — n. 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 order Pseudoscorpionida,… …
125TWEEZERS — 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. etweese = eacutetuis, pl. of EacuteTUI …
126pinsons — ˈpin(t)sənz noun plural Etymology: Middle English pynsons, perhaps from (assumed) Middle French pinçons, plural of (assumed) Middle French pinçon pincers dialect chiefly England : pincers …
127pinch|ers — «PIHN chuhrz», noun, plural ers. = pincers. (Cf. ↑pincers) …
128pin·cer — /ˈpınsɚ/ noun, pl cers 1 pincers [plural] : a small tool that is used for holding or gripping small objects He used (a pair of) pincers to remove the nail. 2 [count] : a claw of a lobster or crab and some insects …
