Pin (n.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use
Pin (n.) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
Pin (n.) A linchpin.
Pin (n.) A rolling-pin.
Pin (n.) A clothespin.
Pin (n.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
Pin (n.) The tenon of a dovetail joint.
Pin (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
Pin (n.) The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
Pin (n.) Mood; humor.
Pin (n.) Caligo. See Caligo.
Pin (n.) An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
Pin (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
Pinned (imp. & p. p.) of Pin
Pinning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pin
Pin (n.) To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
Pi–a cloth () A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It is delicate, soft, and transparent, with a slight tinge of pale yellow.
Pinacoid (n.) A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.
Pinacolin (n.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.
Pinacone (n.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone proper is the type.
Pinacotheca (n.) A picture gallery.
Pinafore (n.) An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.
Pinakothek (n.) Pinacotheca.
Pinaster (n.) A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.
Pinaces (pl. ) of Pinax
Pinax (n.) A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
Pince-nez (n.) Eyeglasses kept on the nose by a spring.
Pincers (n. pl.) See Pinchers.
Pinched (imp. & p. p.) of Pinch
Pinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pinch
Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies.
Pinch (v. t.) o seize; to grip; to bite; -- said of animals.
Pinch (v. t.) To plait.
Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money.
Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4.
Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force; to compress; to squeeze; as, the shoe pinches.
Pinch (v. i.) To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument; a nip.
Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff.
Pinch (n.) Pian; pang.
Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar.
Pinchbeck (n.) An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.
Pinchbeck (a.) Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.
Pinchcock (n.) A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
Pinchem (n.) The European blue titmouse.
Pincher (n.) One who, or that which, pinches.
Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc.
Pinchfist (n.) A closefisted person; a miser.
Pinching (a.) Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
Pinchingly (adv.) In a pinching way.
Pinchpenny (n.) A miserly person.
Pincoffin (n.) A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
Pincpinc (n.) An African wren warbler. (Drymoica textrix).
Pincushion (n.) A small cushion, in which pins may be stuck for use.
Pindal (n.) Alt. of Pindar
Pindar (n.) The peanut (Arachis hypogaea); -- so called in the West Indies.
Pindaric (a.) Of or pertaining to Pindar, the Greek lyric poet; after the style and manner of Pindar; as, Pindaric odes.
Pindaric (n.) A Pindaric ode.
Pindarical (a.) Pindaric.
Pindarism (n.) Imitation of Pindar.
Pindarist (n.) One who imitates Pindar.
Pinder (n.) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
Pine (n.) Woe; torment; pain.
Pined (imp. & p. p.) of Pine
Pining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pine
Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Pine (v.) To grieve or mourn for.
Pine (v. i.) To suffer; to be afflicted.
Pine (v. i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.
Pine (v. i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
Pine (n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
Pine (n.) The wood of the pine tree.
Pine (n.) A pineapple.
Pineal (a.) Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
Pineapple (n.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American.
Pineaster (n.) See Pinaster.
Pine-clad (a.) Alt. of Pine-crowned
Pine-crowned (a.) Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills.
Pinedrops (n.) A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees.
Pinefinch (n.) A small American bird (Spinus, / Chrysomitris, spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin.
Pinefinch (n.) The pine grosbeak.
Pinenchyma (n.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis.
Pineries (pl. ) of Pinery
Pinery (n.) A pine forest; a grove of pines.
Pinery (n.) A hothouse in which pineapples are grown.
Pinesap (n.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (M. hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic.
Pinetum (n.) A plantation of pine trees; esp., a collection of living pine trees made for ornamental or scientific purposes.
Pineweed (n.) A low, bushy, nearly leafless herb (Hypericum Sarothra), common in sandy soil in the Eastern United States.
Piney (a.) See Piny.
Piney (a.) A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeae, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products.
Pin-eyed (a.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of thrum-eyed.
Pinfeather (n.) A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.
Pinfeathered (a.) Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
Pinfish (n.) The sailor's choice (Diplodus, / Lagodon, rhomboides).
Pinfish (n.) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
Pinfold (n.) A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold.
Ping (n.) The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
Pinged (imp. & p. p.) of Ping
Pinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ping