bepinch

verb — 2 senses

bepinch

verb

/bɪˈpɪnt͡ʃ/

Etymology From be- + pinch.

1

Archaic To pinch, or mark with pinches.

  • shoulders , all bepinch'd[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:
2

Dialectal To pinch all over.

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