pincer, v.
(ˈpɪnsə(r))
[f. pincers.]
trans. To compress with or as with pincers; to torture or wring with or as with pincers.
| 1703 Parker Eusebius viii. 147 The Judge..gave in Order that she should be Pincer'd worse than ever any Body yet had been. 1864 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. i, Face, not pincered together. 1897 Rhoscomyl White Rose Arno 188 The pain of his wound racked and pincered his nerves. |