The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.
Franklin.
To pinch at, to find fault with; to take exception to. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pinch, n. 1. A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or
with an instrument; a nip.
2. As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small
quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.