pintle (pintl)

[In sense 1 taken to be a dim. of pin, but in form and in sense 2 in fact dial. pint, pintel, penis. Cf. It. pinco, pincio, the same.] 1. A pin upon which anything revolves, or which holds two things together while one or both are free to move in a certain way. (a) In artillery, a long iron bolt about which the cha is traverses. (b) The pin of a hinge, a dowel, or a plate with pins taking the place of dowels. (c) In carriage - mak ing, the bolt which allows the forward axle to revolve under the body of the wagon. (d) In ship - building, that part of the hinge of the rudder which consists of a vertical pin designed to receive the ring of the other part. It is generally set in the stern-post with the pin erect, but in small boats the pintle is often attached to the rudder, in which case the pin projects downward, entering the ring from above. 2. The penis. [Old and prov. Eng.] pintle-hook (pinʼtl-hük), n. In artillery , a stout projecting bar of iron, bent upward at a right angle, and bolted to the rear of the limber-axle. It serves to the lunette-ring end of the trail of the gun-carriage, and attach the latter to the lim IMG:content-0228.png:[blocks in formation] II. n . A piebald animal; specifically, the calico or painted pony of Texas. Prompt . Parv ., p. 400. pin-tongs (pin'tôngz), n . sing . and pl . A form of pliers which are closed by a ring sliding on the handles; sliding-tongs. They pull out the haire on their faces with little pinsons made for that purpose. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 262. pins on2t, n. [Early mod. E. also pynson ; pins on , pynson , pynsone (see "Prompt. Parv.").] A thin shoe; a kind of pumps. Soccatus, that weareth stertups or pinsons . Elyot (1559). ( Hall i well.) [Sp., a mark: see pint .] A skin-affection which prevails in Mexico. For cutting the facets, they are held in small hand-vises or pin - tongs . Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 75. pin-tool (pin'töl), n . In wood - working , a tubular cutter or punch for trimming to shape sash-, door-, and other pins of soft wood, for which the stuff is got out in the square. Hardwood pins are turned. E. H. Knight . pint-pot (pint'pot), n. 1. A pot made to contain a pint, especially a pewter pot for beer.-2. A person who is addicted to the use of beer, or a IMG:content-0229.png:[blocks in formation] There are about 70 species, widely distributed throughout north temperate regions, with a very few extending within the tropics in eastern Asia and Central America. They are tall or sometimes low evergreens bearing ovoid or ob- long cones of closely imbricated woody scales, with thin or thickened apex. Every scale bears two winged seeds, the embryo with from three to ten seed-leaves set in a circle. (See cut under cotyledon .) The scales remain tightly set together over the seeds from fertilization till maturity, and after opening and discharging the seeds are long persistent on their axis. The cones vary in size from 2 inches and le in P. edulis , the piñon, to 6 inches in the well-known cones of the white pine, P. Strobus , and reach 18 inches or more in P. Lambert i an a , the sugar-pine. The United States is particularly rich in pines, being the home of half the known species. For species and uses, see pinel . See cuts under cone , Abietincæ , cotyledon , and pollen . 2. [l. c.] Same as pineal body (which see, under pineal ). pin-vise (pin'vis), n. 1. A hand-vise used by clock-makers for grasping small arbors and pins. E. H. Knight .-2. A small vise used by profe ional and amateur fly-makers to hold a hook while attaching and constructing a fly upon it. Norris . IMG:content-0230.png:[blocks in formation] He [the Ru ian) useth no Foot but such as are Pioneers or Gunners, of both which sort 30000. Milton , Hist. Moscovia. 2. One who or that which goes before and opens and leads or prepares the way for others com- ing after; specifically, a first or early explorer or experimenter in any department of human enterprise. The colonies and settlements... occupied with taming the wild earth, and performing the functions of pioneers of civilization. Sir G. C. Lewis , Authority in Matters of Opinion, iii. [ ( Latham .) Snow-drifts stretch by the roadside, and one by one the pioneers of the vast pine-woods of the interior appear. J. A. Symonds, Italy and Greece, p. 31. IMG:content-0231.png:[blocks in formation] With devotion's visage And pious action, we do sugar o'er The devil himself. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 1. 48. I found that miners had pioneered the way some distance down the river in search of gold. The Century , XXX. 739. It is true that in the earliest days of the settlement the diggers who found their way to Kim berley were of a more orderly ans of California and Austral i orderly and law-abiding cla than those who pioneered the pion edition. An obsolete form of pioneer . pionert, n. Pionias (pī-ō'ni-as), n. Pionidæ (pi-on'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Pionus + -idæ .] A family of parrots, named from the genus Pionias or Pionus . It is characterized by a short broad tail half as long as the wings, a short grooved and toothed bill with an extensive naked cere, and color- ation chiefly green. There are upward of '80 species, pin-winged (pin'wingd), a. Having a short at- tenuated falcate first primary. The pin-winged doves are pigeons of the genus Æchmoptila or Engyptila , as E. albifrons of Texas and Mexico. pinwork (pin'wėrk), n. In needle-point lace, small and fine raised parts of a design. pinwork (pin'werk), v . t .; pret. and pp. pin- worked or pin wrought , ppr. pin working . In flax- spinning, to work (flax-yarn) on a pin of wood in a manner to increase its supplene , when mak- ing the yarn up into bundles for packing. Sev- eral hanks are operated upon at a time by pa ing them over a stout arm fixed to a suitable support. A stout pin Pionus (pi'ō-nus), n. [NL. (Wagler, 1830), πίων , fat.] An extensive genus of parrots pinxter-flower, n. See pinkster - flower . pinyl (pi'ni), a. [Also piney ; IMG:content-0232.jpg:[blocks in formation] We pa ed the beautiful falls of the Tind Elv, drove for more than twenty miles over wild piny hills, and then de- scended to Kongsberg. B. Taylor , Northern Travel, p. 397. The thrush that carols at the dawn of day From the green steeples of the piney wood. pionet, n. A Middle English form of peony . pionedt, a. A word variously various explained as meaning 'overgrown with marsh-marigolds,' or simply 'dug.' Aldis Wright. Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims. Shak ., Tempest, iv. 1. 64. pioneer (pi-o-ner'), n. [Formerly also pioner , rarely piner ; pionnier , OF. peonier , a foot- soldier, sapper, or miner, peon , pion, a foot- soldier: see peon .] 1. Milit ., one of a party or company of foot-soldiers who march before or with an army, and are furnished with dig- pioningt (pi'o-ning), n. [ pion ( er ) + -ing1 .] The working of pioneers; military works raised by pioneers. Spenser , F. Q., II. x. 63. With painefull pyonings From sea to sea he heapt a mighty mound of the family Psittacidæ (or a family Pionida ), containing such species as P. menstruus and P. senilis of Brazil. Also, more correctly, Pionias . piony, n. An obsolete or dialectal form of peony . Piophila (pi-of'i-la), n. [NL. (Fallen, 1810), φιλεῖν , love.] A genus of dip- terous insects of the family Muscidæ , or giving name to a family Piophilidæ , species of which in- habit cheese; the cheese-flies. The larva of the cos- mopolitan P. case i , the common cheese-hopper, lives on cheese, hams, and fat in general, and also, according to Germar, in cooking-salt. One species has been reared on the roots of celery. There are about 30 species, the adults of all of which are small black glistening flies. Three are common to North America and Europe. See cut under cheese-fly. - Piophilidæ (pī-ō-fil'i-dē), n. pl . [NL. (Мас- quart, 1835), Piophila + -idæ.] A family of a calyptrate dipterous insects, typified by the genus Piophila , having the auxiliary vein of the wings coalescent throughout with the first lon- gitudinal vein. Several genera belong to this family, and four of them are represented in North America. pioscope (pī'ō-skōp), n. σκοπεῖν , view.] A kind of lactoscope invented by Heeren. It consists of a black vulcanized rubber disk having a central circular rece for holding the milk to be tested. Upon this is fitted a gla cover painted with six sectors of color, ranging from white-gray to deep bluish-gray, around a central unpainted spot. The color of the milk as seen through the unpainted spot in the center of the cover is compared with the colors of the sectors, and the quality of the milk is estimated from the color of the sector which most nearly corresponds to that of the sample. piot (pi'ot), п. See pict . pioted, a . See picted . pious (plus), a. [= F. pieux , an extended form of OF. pie Sp. Pg. It. pio , pius , pious, devout, affectionate, kind. Hence ult. ( pity , pittance, etc.] 1. Having or ex- hibiting due respect and affection for parents or others to whom respect and affection are due; also, pertaining to or consisting in the duties of respect and affection toward parents or others. No one Thing preserves and improves Religion more than a venerable, high, pious Esteem of the chiefest Minis- ters. Howell , Letters, ii. 10. IMG:content-0233.jpg:[graphic][merged small] Pipa the male places them upon her back, fecundates them, and then pre es them into cellules, which at that period open for their reception, and afterward close over them. In these cellules on the mother's back the eggs are hatched and the young pa their tadpole state, for they do not leave their domicile till their legs are formed. Asterodactylus is a synonym. See A glo a. Pipæ (pīpē), n. pl. [NL., pl. of Pipa.] Same as Pipidæ. Tschudi, 1838.