| Pinion (pinion) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pin"ion |
| (Zoöl.) |
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata,
whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
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A feather; a quill.
A wing, literal or figurative.
The joint of bird's wing most remote from
the body.
A fetter for the arm.
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.
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| Pinion (pinion) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pin"ion |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Pinioned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Pinioning.] |
To bind or confine the
wings of] to confine by binding the wings.
To disable by cutting off the pinion
joint.
To disable or restrain, as a person, by
binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to
tie up.
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