Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PINK'ED, pp.

Pierced with small holes; stabbed.

PINK'-EY-ED, a.

Having small eyes. – Holland.

PINK'-NEE-DLE, n.

A shepherd's bodkin. – Sherwood.

PINK'-STERN-ED, a.

Having a very narrow stern; as a ship. – Mar. Dict.

PIN'-MAK-ER, n.

One whose occupation is to make pins.

PIN'-MON-EY, n.

A sum of money allowed or settled on a wife for her private expenses. – Addison.

PIN'NACE, n. [Sp. pinaza; Fr. pinasse; Port. pinaça.]

A small vessel navigated with oars and sails, and having generally two masts rigged like those of a schooner; also, a boat usually rowed with eight oars. – Mar. Dict.

PIN'NA-CLE, n. [Fr. pinacle; pinacolo; W. pinygyl, from Celtic pen, summit, L. pinna.]

1. A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building. Some metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd. – Milton.
2. A high spiring point; summit. – Cowley.

PIN'NA-CLE, v.t.

To build or furnish with pinnacles. – Warton.

PIN'NA-CLED, pp.

Furnished with pinnacles.

PIN'NA-CLING, ppr.

Furnishing with pinnacles.

PIN'NAGE, n.

Poundage of cattle. [Not used.] [See Pound.]

PIN'NATE, or PIN'NA-TED, a. [L. pinnatus, from pinna, a feather, or fin.]

In botany, a pinnate leaf is a species of compound leaf wherein a single petiole has several leaflets attached to each side of it. – Martyn.

PIN'NA-TI-FID, a. [L. pinna, a feather, and findo, to cleave.]

In botany, feather-cleft. A pinnatifid leaf is a species of simple leaf, divided transversely by oblong horizontal segments or jags, not extending to the mid rib. – Martyn.

PIN'NA-TI-PED, a. [L. pinna and pes, foot.]

Fin-footed; having the toes bordered by membranes. – Latham.

PIN'NED, pp.

Fastened with pins; confined.

PIN'NER, n.

1. One that pins or fastens; also, a pounder of cattle, or the pound-keeper.
2. A pin-maker.
3. The lappet of a head which flies loose. – Gay.

PIN'NI-PED, n. [L. pinna and pes.]

One of a class of crabs having the last pair of feet, or more, terminated by a flattened joint fitted for swimming.

PIN'NITE, n.

Fossil remains of the Pinna, a genus of shells. – Jameson.

PIN'NOCK, n.

A small bird, the tomtit. – Ainsworth.

PIN'NU-LATE, a.

A pinnulate leaf is one in which each pinna is subdivided. – Martyn.

PINT, n. [D. pint; Fr. pinte; Sp. pinta.]

Half a quart, or four gills. In medicine, twelve ounces. It is applied both to liquid and dry measure.

PIN'TLE, n.

A little pin. In artillery, a long iron bolt.

PIN'ULES, n. [plur.]

In astronomy, the sights of an astrolabe. – Dict.

PI'NY, a.

Abounding with pines.