Pinacone Pin"a·cone noun [ From Greek ..., ..., a tablet. So called because it unites with water so as to form tablet- shaped crystals.] (Chemistry) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. [ Written also pinakone .]

Pinacotheca Pin`a·co·the"ca noun [ Latin pinacotheca , from Greek ...; ..., ..., a picture + ... repisitory.] A picture gallery.

Pinafore Pin"a·fore` noun [ Pin + afore .] An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.

Pinakothek Pin"a·ko·thek` noun [ G.] Pinacotheca.

Pinaster Pi·nas"ter noun [ Latin , from pinus a pine.] (Botany) A species of pine ( Pinus Pinaster ) growing in Southern Europe.

Pinax Pi"nax noun ; plural Pinaces . [ Latin , from Greek ... tablet.] A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Pince-nez Pince`-nez" noun [ French pincer to pinch + nez nose.] Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.

Pincers Pin"cers noun plural [ Confer French pince pinchers, from pincer to pinch. See Pinch , Pinchers .] See Pinchers .

Pinch Pinch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pinched ; present participle & verbal noun Pinching .] [ French pincer , probably from OD. pitsen to pinch; akin to German pfetzen to cut, pinch; perhaps of Celtic origin. Confer Piece .] 1. 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.

2. o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals. [ Obsolete]

He [ the hound] pinched and pulled her down.

Chapman.

3. To plait. [ Obsolete]

Full seemly her wimple ipinched was.

Chaucer.

4. Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.

Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation.

Sir W. Raleigh.

5. To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch , noun , 4.

Pinch Pinch intransitive verb 1. To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches .

2. (Hunt.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does. [ Obsolete]

3. To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous. Gower.

The wretch whom avarice bids to pinch and spare.

Franklin.

To pinch at , to find fault with; to take exception to. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Pinch Pinch noun 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.

3. Pian; pang. "Necessary's sharp pinch ." Shak.

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 Pinch transitive verb To seize by way of theft; to steal; also, to catch; to arrest. [ Slang] Robert Barr.

Pinchbeck Pinch"beck noun [ Said to be from the name of the inventor; confer Italian 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.

Pinchbeck Pinch"beck adjective Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. "A pinchbeck throne." J. A. Symonds.

Pinchcock Pinch"cock` noun A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

Pinchem Pin"chem noun (Zoology) The European blue titmouse. [ Prov. Eng.]

Pincher Pinch"er noun One who, or that which, pinches.

Pinchers Pinch"ers noun plural [ From Pinch .] An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.

» This spelling is preferable to pincers , both on account of its derivation from the English pinch , and because it represents the common pronunciation.

Pinchfist Pinch"fist` noun A closefisted person; a miser.

Pinching Pinch"ing adjective Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.

Pinching bar , a pinch bar. See Pinch , noun , 4. -- Pinching nut , a check nut. See under Check , noun

Pinchingly Pinch"ing·ly adverb In a pinching way.

Pinchpenny Pinch"pen`ny noun A miserly person.

Pincoffin Pin"coff·in noun [ From Pincoff , an English manufacturer.] A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.

Pincpinc Pinc"pinc` noun [ Named from its note.] (Zoology) An African wren warbler. ( Drymoica textrix ).

Pincushion Pin"cush`ion noun A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.

Pindal, Pindar Pin"dal, Pin"dar noun [ Dutch piendel .] (Botany) The peanut ( Arachis hypogæa ); -- so called in the West Indies.

Pindaric Pin·dar"ic adjective [ Latin Pindaricus , Greek ..., from ... (L. Pindarus ) Pindar: confer French pindarique .] Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes. -- noun A Pindaric ode.

Pindarical Pin·dar"ic·al adjective Pindaric.

Too extravagant and Pindarical for prose.

Cowley.

Pindarism Pin"dar·ism noun Imitation of Pindar.

Pindarist Pin"dar·ist noun One who imitates Pindar.

Pinder Pin"der noun [ Anglo-Saxon pyndan to pen up, from pund a pound.] One who impounds; a poundkeeper. [ Obsolete]

Pine Pine noun [ Anglo-Saxon pīn , Latin poena penalty. See Pain .] Woe; torment; pain. [ Obsolete] " Pyne of hell." Chaucer.

Pine Pine transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pined ; present participle & verbal noun Pining .] [ Anglo-Saxon pīnan to torment, from pīn torment. See 1st Pine , Pain , noun & v. ] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [ Obsolete] Chaucer. Shak.

That people that pyned him to death.

Piers Plowman.

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack.

Bp. Hall.

2. To grieve or mourn for. [ R.] Milton.

Pine Pine intransitive verb 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [ Obsolete]

2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away . "The roses wither and the lilies pine ." Tickell.

3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for .

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined .

Shak.

Syn. -- To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay.

Pine Pine noun [ Anglo-Saxon pīn , Latin pinus .] 1. (Botany) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus . See Pinus .

» There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine ( P. Strobus ), the Georgia pine ( P. australis ), the red pine ( P. resinosa ), and the great West Coast sugar pine ( P. Lambertiana ) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir , also called Norway or Riga pine ( Pinus sylvestris ), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon .

The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera.

2. The wood of the pine tree.

3. A pineapple.

Ground pine . (Botany) See under Ground . -- Norfolk Island pine (Botany) , a beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa . -- Pine barren , a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [ Southern U.S.] -- Pine borer (Zoology) , any beetle whose larvæ bore into pine trees. -- Pine finch . (Zoology) See Pinefinch , in the Vocabulary. -- Pine grosbeak (Zoology) , a large grosbeak ( Pinicola enucleator ), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. -- Pine lizard (Zoology) , a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ( Sceloporus undulatus ), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift , brown scorpion , and alligator . -- Pine marten . (Zoology) (a) A European weasel ( Mustela martes ), called also sweet marten , and yellow-breasted marten . (b) The American sable. See Sable . -- Pine moth (Zoology) , any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia , whose larvæ burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. - - Pine mouse (Zoology) , an American wild mouse ( Arvicola pinetorum ), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. -- Pine needle (Botany) , one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus . -- Pine-needle wool . See Pine wool (below). -- Pine oil , an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. -- Pine snake (Zoology) , a large harmless North American snake ( Pituophis melanoleucus ). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake . The Western pine snake ( P. Sayi ) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. -- Pine tree (Botany) , a tree of the genus Pinus ; pine. -- Pine-tree money , money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. -- Pine weevil (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes , Hylobius , etc. -- Pine wool , a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also pine-needle wool , and pine- wood wool .

Pine-clad, Pine-crowned Pine"-clad`, Pine"-crowned` adjective Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.

Pine-tree State Pine-tree State Maine; -- a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms.

Pineal Pi"ne·al adjective [ Latin pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: confer French pinéale .] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.

Pineal gland (Anat.) , a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body , epiphysis , conarium . In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye , and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.

Pineapple Pine"ap`ple noun (Botany) A tropical plant ( Ananassa sativa ); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.

Pineaster Pine`as"ter noun See Pinaster .

Pinedrops Pine"drops` noun (Botany) A reddish herb ( Pterospora andromedea ) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.

Pinefinch Pine"finch` noun (Zoology) (a) A small American bird ( Spinus, or Chrysomitris, spinus ); -- called also pine siskin , and American siskin . (b) The pine grosbeak.

Pinenchyma Pi·nen"chy·ma noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... a tablet + -enchyma , as in parenchyma .] (Botany) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.

Pinery Pin"er·y noun ; plural Pineries 1. A pine forest; a grove of pines.

2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.

Pinesap Pine"sap` noun (Botany) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa ( M. hypopitys ), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.

Pinetum Pi·ne"tum noun [ Latin , a pine grove.] A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.

Pineweed Pine"weed` noun (Botany) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb ( Hypericum Sarothra ), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.

Piney Pin"ey adjective See Piny .

Piney Pin"ey adjective [ Of East Indian origin.] A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeæ , which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.

Piney dammar , Piney resin , Piney varnish , a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree ( Vateria Indica ) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal , and white dammar . -- Piney tallow , a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica ; called also dupada oil . -- Piney thistle (Botany) , a plant ( Atractylis gummifera ), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.

Pinfeather Pin"feath`er noun A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.

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