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The caudal forceps-shaped appendage of earwigs and some other insects. See Earwig. Dressing forceps. See under Dressing.

Strong pinchers or forceps.

A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

A pair of long-beaked forceps.

The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.

ing; -- often with down. [Colloq.] Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils. -- Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. -- Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. -- Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for ma…

Forked or branched like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut like a pair of forceps. Sir T. Browne.

Like a pair of forceps; as, a forcipated mouth.

Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers. Bacon.

A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head.

Of or pertaining to the larynx; adapted to operations on the larynx; as, laryngeal forceps.

A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

A pair of forceps of various kinds, having a beaklike form. [Obs.] Coxe.

a divided chisel-like end, for cutting the roots of large weeds under ground. -- Weeding forceps, an instrument for taking up some sorts of plants in weeding. -- Weeding fork, a strong, three-pronged fork, used in clearing ground of weeds; -- called also weeding iron. -- Weeding hook. Same as Weed hook, under 3d Wee…