Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: PINK'ED – PI'NY
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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.]
- A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building. Some metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd. – Milton.
- 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.
- One that pins or fastens; also, a pounder of cattle, or the pound-keeper.
- A pin-maker.
- 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.