Pin'nace, n.
n. [Fr. pinasse, It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza, Pg. pinaça, fr. Lat. pinus, a pine-tree, any thing made of pine, e. g., a ship.]
Sense 1. (Naut.) (a.) A small vessel navigated with oars and sails, and having generally two masts rigged like those of a schooner. (b.) A boat usually rowed with eight oars. Mar. Dict.
Whose bark, by chance, Or pinnace, anchors in a craggy bay. Milton.
Sense 2. A go-between on vile errands; a pander. (Obs.) “She hath been before me, punk, pinnace, and bawd, any time these two and twenty years.” B. Jons.
