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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pĭm'pi-nĕl'lȧ, n. p. 988(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the burnet-saxifrage and the anise. Loudon.Pimp'ing, a. p. 988Little; petty. [Obs.] Skinner.Pĭm'ple, n. p. 988(Med.) A small, acuminated elevation of the cuticle, on an inflamed base, not containing a fluid, nor tending to suppuration, and commonly terminating in scurf.Pĭm'pled, a. p. 988Having pimples on the skin; full of pimples.Pîm'ply, a. p. 988Having pimples; pimpled.Pimp'ship, n. p. 988The office, occupation, or person of a pimp.Pĭn, n. p. 988A pointed piece of wood, metal, or the like, used to bind separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. 2. Especially, a small…Pin-drill p. 988a drill with a central pin or projection to follow a smaller hole for making a larger hole, sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, and the like. — To drink at pins, to drink from a cup marked with…Pĭn, v. t. p. 988To fasten, as with a pin; as, to pin the clothes; to pin boards or timbers. Our gates . . . we have but pinned with rushes. Shak. She lifted the princess from the earth, and so locks her in embracing…Pĭn, n. p. 988A petition or address of foreigners to the emperor, or any of his deputies. [China.]Pĭn, v. t. p. 988To strike, as a piece of metal, with the narrow end of a hammer, so as to indent and produce elongation.Pi'ña clōth p. 988A material for ladies’ dresses, &c., made from the fibers of the pine-apple leaf. It is delicate, soft, and transparent in texture, with a slight tinge of pale yellow. Simmonds.Pin'a-fore', n. p. 988An apron for a child to cover the front part of the body; a tier.Pi-nāś'ter, n. p. 988(Bot.) A species of pine (Pinus pinaster), growing in Southern Europe. Eng. Cyc.Pi'nax, n. p. 988A tablet; a register; hence, that upon which any thing, as a scheme or plan, is inscribed. [Rare.] Consider whereabout thou art in that old philosophical pinax of the life of man. Browne.Pin'-cāse, n. p. 988A case for holding pins.Pin’cers, n. pl. p. 988Pinchers. See PINCHERS. ¶ The French pincer being converted into pinch in English, the noun derived from it is regularly pinchers, which is the word commonly and properly used.Pinch, v. t. p. 988To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, the teeth, claws, an instrument, or the like. 2. To squeeze or compress between any two hard bodies. 3. To pain by constriction; to straiten…Pinch, v. i. p. 988To act with pressing force; to bear hard; as, the shoe pinches. 2. (Hunting.) To press on and take. As a sort of dogs that at a lion bay, And entertain no spirit to pinch. Chapman. 3. To spare; to be…Pinch, n. p. 988A close compression with the ends of the fingers; also, that which is taken between the ends of the fingers. 2. Distress inflicted or suffered; pressure; oppression; difficulty. “Necessity’s sharp…Pinch'beck, n. p. 988An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. Ure.Pinch'er, n. p. 988One who, or that which, pinches.Pinch'ers, n. pl. p. 988An instrument for various uses, as drawing nails and the like, griping things to be held fast, &c. ☞ This spelling is much to be preferred to pincers, both on account of its derivation from the…Pinch'fist, n. p. 988A close-fisted person; a miser; a niggard; a pinchpenny.Pinch'ing-ly, adv. p. 988In a pinching way.Pinch'pèn-ny, n. p. 988A miserly or penurious person; a niggard.Pin'cush-ion, n. p. 988A small cushion stuffed with some soft material, in which pins may be stuck to be kept or carried.Pin'dal or Pin'dar, n. p. 988(Bot.) The Arachis hypogæa, or ground-nut; the peanut.Pin-dăr'ie or Pin-dăr'ie-al, n. p. 988An ode in imitation of the odes of Pindar, the Grecian, and prince of the lyric poets; an irregular ode. Addison. Pin-dăr'ie, a., Pin-dăr'ie-al, [Lat. Pindaricus, from Pindarus, Gr. Πίνδαρος; Fr.…Pin'dar-ism, n. p. 988The act or habit of writing in imitation of Pindar.Pĭn'dar-īst, n. p. 988One who writes in imitation of the style of Pindar.Pin'der, n. p. 988One who impounds; a pounder. [Obs.]Pin'-düst, n. p. 988Small particles of metal made by pointing pins. Digby.Pine, n. p. 988A tree of the genus Pinus, of many species, some of which furnish timber of the most valuable kind. The principal species which bear this name in the United States, are the white pine (Pinus…Pine, v. i. p. 988To languish; to lose flesh or wear away under any distress or anxiety of mind; to grow lean; — often followed by away. “She pined in thought.” Shak. 2. To languish with desire; to waste away with…Pine, v. t. p. 988To wear out; to make to languish. “Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime.” Shak. “Beroe pined with pain.” Dryden. 2. To grieve for; to bemoan in silence. Abashed the devil stood, And felt…Pine, n. p. 988Woe; want; penury; pain. [Obs.]Pī-nē'al or Pīn'e-al, a. p. 988Pertaining to, or resembling in form, a pine-cone or pine-apple. Pineal gland (Anat.), a small conical mass of gray, nervous matter, attached to the floor of the third ventricle of the brain, in…Pine'-äp'ple, n. p. 988(Bot.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa), and its fruit; — so called from the resemblance of the latter in shape and external appearance to the cone of the pine-tree. It was originally a native of…Pīne'as-ter, n. p. 988The same as PINASTER.Pīne'-băr'ren, n. p. 988A tract of barren land, producing pines. [U. S.]Pīne'-clăd or Pīne'-crowned, a. p. 989Clad or crowned with pine-trees. Hemans.Pīne'ful, a. p. 989Full of pine or pain. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Pīne'-kĕr'nel, n. p. 989One of the seeds of the stone pine (Pinus pinea), used as an article of dessert.Pine'-mār'ten, n. p. 989(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Martes (M. abietum), a kind of marten found in Europe.Pine-needle Wool p. 989A fibrous substance obtained from the buds and leaves of some coniferous trees, and used for various purposes in manufacturing;—called also pine-wood wool. Simmonds.Pin'er-y, n. p. 989A place where pine-apples are raised. Todd. 2. A pine forest; a grove of pines.Pine'-sāp, n. p. 989(Bot.) A plant of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitis).Pine'-tree, n. p. 989(Bot.) 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 resembling a pine-tree.Pin'ey, a. p. 989The same as PINY.Pin'ey, n. p. 989A fatty substance resembling tallow, obtained from the seeds of Vateria Indica:— called also vegetable tallow. Piney varnish, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter, resinous fluid which exudes from the…Pin'-fēath'er, n. p. 989A small or short feather; especially, one of those not easily removed with the other feathers from a fowl in picking, and which, not being fully grown, somewhat resembles a pin in form.Pin'-fēath'ered, a. p. 989Having pin-feathers.Pin'fold, n. p. 989A place in which beasts are confined; a pound. “Confined and pestered in this pinfold here.” Milton. His close-shaven crown had something the appearance of a parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge.…Pin'-fōot'ed, a. p. 989Having the toes bordered by a skin.Pin'gle, n. p. 989A small close. [Obs.] Ainsworth.Ping'ster, n. p. 989Whitsuntide. [Written also pinkster and pinxter.]Pin'guid, a. p. 989Fat; unctuous. [Obs.] Mortimer.Pin-guĭd′ĭ-nōus, a. p. 989Containing fat. [Obs.]Pĭn'gui-tūde, n. p. 989Fatness; a growing fat. [Rare.]