Pinfeathered Pin"feath`ered adjective Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
Pinfish Pin"fish` noun [ So called from their sharp dorsal spines.]
(Zoology) (a) The sailor's choice ( Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides ). (b) The salt-water bream ( Diplodus Holbrooki ). » Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Pinfold Pin"fold` noun [ For
pindfold . See
Pinder ,
Pound an inclosure, and
Fold an inclosure.]
A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge.
Sir W. Scott.
Ping Ping noun [ Probably of imitative origin.]
The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
Ping Ping intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pinged ;
present participle & verbal noun Pinging .]
To make the sound called ping .
Ping-pong Ping"-pong` noun [ Imitative.]
1. An indoor modification of lawn tennis played with small bats, or battledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net. 2. A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.
Ping-pong Ping"-pong` intransitive verb To play ping- pong.
Pingle Pin"gle noun [ Perhaps from
pin to impound.]
A small piece of inclosed ground. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Pingster Ping"ster noun See Pinkster .
Pinguefaction Pin`gue·fac"tion noun [ Latin
pinguefacere ,
pinguefactum , to fatten;
pinguis fat +
facere to make.]
(Medicine) A making of, or turning into, fat.
Pinguicula Pin·guic"u·la noun [ New Latin , from Latin
pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish.]
(Botany) See Butterwort .
Pinguid Pin"guid adjective [ Latin
pinguis fat.]
Fat; unctuous; greasy. [ Obsolete] "Some clays are more
pinguid ."
Mortimer.
Pinguidinous Pin·guid"i·nous adjective [ Latin
pinguedo fatness, from
pinguis fat.]
Containing fat; fatty. [ Obsolete]
Pinguitude Pin"gui·tude noun [ Latin
pinguitudo , from
pinguis fat.]
Fatness; a growing fat; obesity. [ R.]
Pinhold Pin"hold` noun A place where a pin is fixed.
Pinic Pi"nic adjective [ Latin
pinus pine.]
(Chemistry) Of or pertaining to the pine; obtained from the pine; formerly, designating an acid which is the chief constituent of common resin, -- now called abietic , or sylvic , acid .
Pining Pin"ing adjective 1. Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing. 2. Wasting; consuming. "The
pining malady of France."
Shak.
Piningly Pin"ing·ly adverb In a pining manner; droopingly. Poe.
Pinion Pin"ion noun (Zoology) A moth of the genus Lithophane , as Latin antennata , whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
Pinion Pin"ion noun [ Old French
pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); confer Spanish
piñon pinion; from Latin
pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See
Pin a peg, and confer
Pen a feather,
Pennat ,
Pennon .]
1. A feather; a quill. Shak. 2. A wing, literal or figurative. Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome.
Pope. 3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. Johnson. 4. A fetter for the arm. Ainsworth. 5. (Mech.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack ); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis. Lantern pinion .
See under Lantern . --
Pinion wire ,
wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
Pinion Pin"ion transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pinioned ;
present participle & verbal noun Pinioning .]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. Bacon. 2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. Johnson. 3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. Shak. Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips.
Cowper. 4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. "
Pinioned up by formal rules of state."
Norris.
Pinioned Pin"ioned adjective Having wings or pinions.
Pinionist Pin"ion·ist noun (Zoology) Any winged creature.
Pinite Pin"ite noun [ So called from
Pini , a mine in Saxony.]
(Min.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.
Pinite Pi"nite noun [ Latin
pinus the pine tree.]
1. (Paleon.) Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the Pine family. 2. (Chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine ( Pinus Lambertina ). It is isomeric with, and resembles, quercite.
Pink Pink noun [ Dutch
pink .]
(Nautical) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky . Sir W. Scott. Pink stern (Nautical) ,
a narrow stern.
Pink Pink intransitive verb [ Dutch
pinken ,
pinkoogen , to blink, twinkle with the eyes.]
To wink; to blink. [ Obsolete]
L'Estrange.
Pink Pink adjective Half-shut; winking. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Pink Pink transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pinked ;
present participle & verbal noun Pinking .] [ Middle English
pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form of
pick .]
1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles. 2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. Addison. 3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [ Obsolete]
Herbert.
Pink Pink noun A stab. Grose.
Pink Pink noun [ Perh. akin to
pick ; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Confer
Pink ,
transitive verb ]
1. (Botany) A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus , and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; -- so called from the common color of the flower. Dryden. 3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. "The very
pink of courtesy."
Shak. 4. (Zoology) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [ Prov. Eng.]
Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus . --
China , or
Indian ,
pink .
See under China . --
Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus , the stock from which carnations are derived. --
Garden pink .
See Pheasant's eye . --
Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides ; also, to the ragged robin. --
Maiden pink ,
Dianthus deltoides . --
Moss pink .
See under Moss . --
Pink needle ,
the pin grass; -- so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria . --
Sea pink .
See Thrift .
Pink Pink adjective Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink , 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. Pink eye (Medicine) ,
a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball. --
Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing) ,
the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal. --
Pink saucer ,
a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment.
Pink stern Pink" stern` [ See 1st Pink .] (Nautical) See Chebacco , and 1st Pink .
Pink-eyed Pink"-eyed` adjective [
Pink half- shut +
eye .]
Having small eyes. Holland.
Pink-sterned Pink"-sterned` adjective [ See 1st
Pink .]
(Nautical) Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel.
Pinked Pinked adjective Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge. Shak.
Pinking Pink"ing noun 1. The act of piercing or stabbing. 2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. Pinking iron .
(a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [ Colloq.]
Pinkish Pink"ish adjective Somewhat pink.
Pinkness Pink"ness noun Quality or state of being pink.
Pinkroot Pink"root` noun 1. (Medicine) The root of Spigelia Marilandica , used as a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia . See definition 2 (below). 2. (Botany) (a) A perennial North American herb ( Spigelia Marilandica ), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink , Maryland pinkroot , and worm grass . (b) An annual South American and West Indian plant ( Spigelia Anthelmia ).
Pinkster Pink"ster noun [ Dutch
pinkster ,
pinksteren , from Greek .... See
Pentecost .]
Whitsuntide. [ Written also
pingster and
pinxter .]
Pinkster flower (Botany) ,
the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora ; also, the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers.
Pinky Pink"y noun (Nautical) See 1st Pink .
Pinna Pin"na noun ;
plural Pinnę , English
Pinnas . [ Latin , a feather.]
1. (Botany) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf , under Bipinnate . (b) One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf. 2. (Zoology) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ. 3. [ Latin
pinna , akin to Greek ....]
(Zoology) Any species of Pinna , a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity. 4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear .
Pinnace Pin"nace noun [ French
pinasse ; confer Italian
pinassa ,
pinazza , Spanish
pinaza ; all from Latin
pinus a pine tree, anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Confer
Pine a tree.]
1. (Nautical) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne . (b) A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs.
Shak. 2. A procuress; a pimp. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Pinnacle Pin"na·cle noun [ Middle English
pinacle , French
pinacle , Latin
pinnaculum , from
pinna pinnacle, feather. See
Pin a peg.]
1. (Architecture) An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some renowned metropolis
With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
Milton. 2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. Three silent pinnacles of aged snow.
Tennyson. The slippery tops of human state,
The gilded pinnacles of fate.
Cowley.
Pinnacle Pin"na·cle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Pinnacled ;
present participle & verbal noun Pinnacling .]
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. T. Warton.
Pinnage Pin"nage noun [ Confer
Pinfold .]
Poundage of cattle. See Pound . [ Obsolete]
Pinnate, Pinnated Pin"nate, Pin"na·ted adjective [ Latin
pinnatus feathered, from
pinna a feather. See
Pin a peg,
Pen feather.]
1. (Botany) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate , and Illust. , under Abruptly . 2. (Zoology) Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. Pinnated grouse (Zoology) ,
the prairie chicken.
Pinnately Pin"nate·ly adverb In a pinnate manner.
Pinnatifid Pin·nat"i·fid adjective [ Latin
pinnatus feathered + root of
findere to split: confer French
pinnatifide .]
(Botany) Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.
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