pinnular ia

[Lat. pinnula (q. v.).] 1. Botany: A genus of Diatomacese, found in the Atlantic ooze, . 2. Palæobot.: A genus of Conifere, found in the A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the Devonian and the Carboniferous rocks. verb.) IMG:content-1118.jpg:[blocks in formation] 2. Build .: The low masonry which supports a frame of stud-work. pinning-in, s. Masonry: The filling in of the joints of stone walling with spalls of stone. pin-ni-pěd, pin-ni-pěde, subst. [PINNIPED I A.] Any individual of the Pinniped i a (q. v.). "It is now generally agreed to regard the Pinnipeds as derived from Ursine Arctoids; and there can be little doubt as to this origin as regards Otaria. But it is not absolutely nece ary that the whole order of Pinnipeds pin-nu-lāte, a. [PINNULA.] Bot.: Applied to a leaf in which each pinna is subdivided. pin-nüle, pin'-nu-la ( pl. pin'-nu-læ), s. [Lat. dim in. from pinna =a wing, a feather, a fin.] 1. Bot. (chiefly of the form pinnula): The secondary divisions of a pinnate leaf. 2. Ornith.: The barbs or secondary branches of the quills of a feather. 3. Zoology: The lateral proce es of the arms of Crinoids. *pin-ny-win-kles, *pin-nie-win-kleş, s. pl. (Etym. doubtful.] A board with holes, into which the fingers are thrust, and pre ed upon with pegs, as a species of torture. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f IMG:content-1119.png:[blocks in formation] *pin'-son (2), *pyn-sone, subst . [Fr. pincer = to pinch.] Pincers. "Little things like pinsons to detain and hold fast."Top sell: Hist. of Serpents , p. 224.