bepinch

English

Etymology

From be- +‎ pinch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɪˈpɪnt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Verb

bepinch (third-person singular simple present bepinches, present participle bepinching, simple past and past participle bepinched)

1. (transitive, archaic) To pinch, or mark with pinches.
   • [1611?], Homer, “Book XXIII”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

     shoulders , all bepinch'd

     The spelling has been modernized.

2. (transitive, dialectal) To pinch all over.