pintado

[Sp. painted.) 1. The guinea-fowl. 2. Painted cloth, tapestry. 1665. "A room hung with pintado ."-Evelyn: Diary Dec. 20, pin-tail, a . [Eng. pin (1), and tail .) Having a pointed tail. IMG:content-1120.png:[blocks in formation] pin'-tle, *pyn-tel, *pyn-tul, *pyn-telle, *pyntill, *pin-tel, *pyn-tyl, *pyn-tylle, s. [Prob. a dim in. from pin (1), s. (q. v.)] Technic.: A pin or bolt used in several technical senses; a pivot-pin, such as that of a hinge. 1. The hook portion of a rudder hinge which is driven into the stern post and receives the brace of the rudder. A dumb-pintle at bottom is the step of the rudder on the framing. The rudder is wood locked above to prevent unshipping. 2. A bolt to prevent the recoil of a cannon. 3. The bolt on which a cha is oscillates in traversing. 4. A plate with projections of the nature of dowel-pins placed between the lengths which constitute an upright post. 5. A king-bolt of a limber or wagon. 6. The pin on which the leaves of a hinge vibrate. pin'-ule, s. [French pinnule , from Lat. pinnula , dim in. of pinna = a wing, a feather.] Astron. One of the sights of an astrolabe. 3128 gerardiana, and P. long i folia grow in the Himalaya Mountains, and yield a resin whence turpentine is made; so does P. kasya from the Khasia Hills, Chittagong, . The seeds of P. gerardiana are eaten in Kanawar; the bark of P. long i folia is used for tanning, and the charcoal of its leaves, mixed with water, forms native ink. P. australis , the Broom or Yellow pine, and P. mitis , also called Yellow pine, are valued for their timber. P. rigid a is the Pitch pine of this country; P. tæda , the frankincense of the Southern States, its turpentine is used as an external stimulant. P. inops is the New Jersey pine. P. palustris , the Virgin i an pine, extensively used for masts. P. lambert i an a , a native of northwest America, grows to a height of 230 feet; its seeds are eaten. P. strobus is the Weymouth pine from Canada. [PINACEE.] 2. Palæobot.: An extinct species, named by Mr. Baily Pinus pluton is , is, in tertiary beds, interstratified with basalt in Antrim, Ireland. Mr. Ethe ridge enumerates five species from the Pleistocene. P. sylvestris is found in peat. pin'-weed, s. [Eng. pin (1), and weed.] Bot.: Lechea; an American genus of Cistacee. pinx-it, v . [Lat.=he painted it; 3d pers. sing. perf. indic. of pingo to paint.] A word appended to a picture or engraving with the artist's name spinxit =painted by Rubens. prefixed; as, Rubens pinxit =paint pinx-tër, s. [PINGSTER.] pinxter-fiower, s. Bot.: An American name for Azalea nudiflora. pin'-, a. [PINEY.] pi-oned, a. [Eng. peon(y); -ed.] Overgrown with peonies or marsh-marigold. "Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims." Shakesp.: Tempest, iv. pi-o-neër', v. t. & i. [PIONEER, 8.] A. Trans .: To go before and prepare a way for. B. In trans.: To act as a pioneer; to clear the way, to remove obstacles. pi-o-neër', *pi-o-ner, *py-o-ner, s . [Fr. pion nier (O. Fr. peonier ) =a pioneer, from pion (O. Fr. peon)=a foot-soldier.] [PAWN, (1), 8.] 1. Lit. & Mil .: One of a body of soldiers equipped with pickax, spade, ., in the proportion of ten to every battalion of infantry, whose duty it is to clear and repair roads, bridges, ., as far as po ible, for troops on the march. They are placed at the head of the battalion of which they form a part, and are commanded by a pioneer sergeant. 2. Fig .: One who goes before to prepare or clear the way, or remove obstructions for another. "There was also a party of pioneers on the right, who discovered a sound place."- Field , April 4, 1885. *pi-o-nied, a . [PIONED.] *pi-on-ing, *py-on-ing, 8. [PIONEER.] The work of pioneers. "Which to out barre, with painefull pyonings From sea to sea he heapt a mighty mound." pi-o-nỹ, s. [PEONY.] Spenser: F. Q., II. x. 63. pi-õph-1-lạ, subst. [Gr. piōn =fat, and philos = loving.] Entom.: A genus of Muscide. Piophila case i is the Cheese Hopper (q. v.). pi-o-sō-cą, s . (Native name.] [JACANA.] pi-ôt, *py-ot, s . [PIE (2).] A magpie. ( Scotch .) pi-ot-ěd, a . [Eng. piot ; -ed.] Piebald. ( Scotch .) "Wi' the lad in the pioted coat."- Scott : Heart of Mid Lothian, ch. xxvii. pi-o-tine, s. [Gr. piotes =fat; suff. - ine ( Min.).] Min.: The same as SAPONITE (q. v.). pi-ot-ty, a . [Eng. piot ; -y.] Pioted, piebald. pi-ous, a. [Fr. pieux (fem. pieuse ); O. Fr. pius , from Lat. pius =dutiful, reverent; Sp., Port. & Ital. pio .] 1. Feeling or exhibiting filial affection; exhibit ing due respect and affection for parents and other relations; fulfilling the duties of respect toward parents and others. "She was a pious child (in the Latin sense), and thought that her filial duty precluded all idea of diso bedience."-Mortimer Collins: From Midnight to Midnight, vol. ii., ch. ii. affection; dutiful. 2. Characterized or prompted by feelings of filial "With pious toil fulfill'd." pin'-ŭs, s . [Lat., from Gr. pitys =a pine-tree.] 1. Bot .: Pine; the typical genus of the Pinacese ( Lindley ), though it is in the sub-order Abieteæ, of which Abies is type. Leaves evergreen, needle shaped, in clusters of two, three, or five, with thin, sheathing, chaff-like scales at the base; flowers moncæcio us; male catkins clustered into compound spikes round the lower part of the year's new shoots; the female solitary or in clusters at the apex of those shoots; fruit in enes, the persistent woody scales of which are thickened at the top. Known species about seventy; from the parts of America, Europe, and Asia within the northern hemisphere, and the Canary Islands. P. pumilio , a dwarf species from southern Europe which furnishes Hungarian balsam, may perhaps be a variety of it. P. pinaster is the Cluster-pine or Pinaster (q. v.). P. pine a is the Stone pine, found in southern Europe and the Levant. Its wood, with that of P. hale pens is , is used by the Greeks for shipbuilding from piety; in accordance with the commands ing, and the seeds are eaten. P. a us triac a is the Black pine found in southern Germany; P. cembra , the Siberian pine, growing in the north of Asia, in the Alps, .; its seeds are eaten. P. excels a, P. duty. Thomson: Spring , 668. 3. Reverencing and honoring duly the Supreme Being; religious, godly, devout. "[He] sends his Spirit of truth henceforth to dwell In pious hearts. Milton: P. R. , 1. 463. 4. Characterized by. or in accordance with, reverence of the Supreme Being; dictated by or proceed of God. 5. Applied to actions and practices wrong in themselves, but prompted by a false conception of pipe