4. A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used
chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
At a pinch, On a pinch, in an emergency; as, he could on a pinch read a
little Latin.
Pinch"beck (?), n. [Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It.
prencisbecco.] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow
metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It
is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap
jewelry.
Pinch"beck, a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A
pinchbeck throne." J. A. Symonds.
Pinch"cock` (?), n. A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of
a fluid through the pipe.