PINION
\pˈɪni͡ən], \pˈɪniən], \p_ˈɪ_n_iə_n]\
Definitions of PINION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
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a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
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cut the wings off (of birds)
By Princeton University
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any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
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a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
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cut the wings off (of birds)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A wing, literal or figurative.
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The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
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A fetter for the arm.
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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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To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
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To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
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Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A wing, literal or figurative.
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The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
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A fetter for the arm.
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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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To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
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To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
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Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
By Noah Webster.
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The last joint of a bird's wing; a wing; a feather; a small, toothed wheel acting with a larger wheel.
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To bind or cut the wings of, as a bird; to bind or hold the arms of.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A wing: the joint of a wing most remote from the body: a smaller wheel with "leaves" or teeth working into others.
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To confine the wings of: to cut off the pinion: to confine by binding the arms.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
