Meaning of pihti | Babel Free

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1. See pihdit: pliers, tongs
   in-plural
2. any two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold, press together or punch something, now usually in plural; a pincer
   archaic
3. State of being stuck between something, as if held with pliers
4. The front claw of a crustacean such as lobster, pincer
5. A pile of birchbark sheets set between two boards and tied tightly together to flatten the barks and thus make them suitable roofing and isolation material.
6. scissors
7. Indicates similarity to or use of pliers (see list below).
   in-compounds

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“pärepihti”

wooden shingle holder

“Vene on kahden kiven pihdissä.”

The boat is stuck between two rocks.

“Pihdissä on normaalisti noin sata tuohiliuskaa.”

One pihti normally consists of about one hundred sheets of birchbark.

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