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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.]Pin’hōld, n. p. 989A place at which a pin holds, or makes fast. Smart.Pin'hōle, n. p. 989A small hole made by the puncture or perforation of a pin; a very small aperture.Pi'nic, a. p. 989(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the pine-tree;—said of a certain acid which is the principal resinous constituent of common resin. Brande.Pin'ion, n. p. 989A feather; a quill. Shak. 2. A wing. Hope humbly then, on trembling pinions soar. Pope. 3. The joint of a bird's wing most remote from the body. 4. A fetter or band for the arm. Ainsworth. 5. A…Pin'ion, v. t. p. 989To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. Bacon. 2. To cripple by cutting off the first joint of the wing. 3. To restrain by binding the arm or arms to the body. “Pinion him…Pin'ite or Pi'nite, n. p. 989(Min.) A kind of altered iolite, including the alkaline varieties. Dana.Pink, n. p. 989An eye, or a small eye;—now disused except in composition; as, pink-eyed; pink-eye. Shak. 2. (Bot.) A plant, and its flower, of the genus Dianthus, common in gardens. “The white pink and the pansy…Pĭnk, v. t. p. 989To work in eyelet-holes; to pierce with small holes; to cut, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles; to work in rounded or angular figures. “A doublet of black velvet . . . pinked upon…Pĭnk, v. i. p. 989To wink. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Pĭnk'-eȳe, n. p. 989A little eye. Thackeray.Pĭnk'-eȳed, a. p. 989Having small eyes. Holland.Pĭnk'ing-ī'ron, n. p. 989A cutting instrument for scolloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, and the like. Simmonds.Pink'-nee'dle, n. p. 989A shepherd's bodkin. Sherwood.Pink'root, n. p. 989(Bot.) A plant of the genus Spigelia (S. Marilandica), which is a poisonous narcotic and purgative, and a powerful vermifuge; worm-grass; Carolina pink. Simmonds.Pink'-sau'cer, n. p. 989A small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink coloring matter, used in giving color to small articles.Pink'ster, n. p. 989See PINGSTER.Pink'-stérn, n. p. 989(Naut.) Narrow stern.Pink'-stérned, a. p. 989(Naut.) Having a very narrow stern, as a ship.Pīn'-ma-chīne', n. p. 989A complex machine for making dressing-pins.Pin'-mŏn'ey, n. p. 989A sum of money allowed or settled on a wife for her private expenses.Pin'na, n. p. 989(Bot.) One leaflet of a pinnate leaf, or branch of a compound pinnate leaf. Henslow. 2. [Lat. pinna, Gr. πίννα.] (Zoöl.) A mollusk of great size, having two equal valves closely united by a ligament…Pin'nace, n. p. 989(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…Pin'na-cle, n. p. 989A slender turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building. Some metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles adorned. Milton. 2. A high, spiring point; summit.Pin'na-cle, v. t. p. 989To build or furnish with pinnacles.