- Assess - Measure the heaviness of - Mull over, ... one’s options - A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. - To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor. - To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth;
to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh
sugar; to weigh gold. - To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of.
- Be frugal - Nip - Squeeze with fingers - To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers,
between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to
squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies. - o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. - To plait. - Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to
starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.