| Pin (pin) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pin |
| (Metal Working) |
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| Pin (pin) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pin |
| [Cf. Pen to
confine, or Pinfold.] |
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to
pound.
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A piece of wood, metal, etc.,
generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together,
or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a
peg; a bolt.
Especially, a small, pointed and headed
piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for
fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
Hence, a thing of small value; a
trifle.
That which resembles a pin in its form or
use
One of a row of pegs in the side of an
ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
The bull's eye, or center, of a target;
hence, the center.
Mood; humor.
Caligo. See
Caligo.
An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened
to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
The leg; as, to knock one off his
pins.
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| Pin (pin) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pin |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Pinned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Pinning.] [See Pin, n.] |
To fasten
with, or as with, a pin] to join; as, to pin a garment; to
pin boards together.
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