pinfold, penfold, pynfold

[Eng. pin 1. To pain, to torment; to cause to suffer pain; to (2), v., and fold . ] a place in which stray cattle are hara . 2. To starve. "Surfeit by the eye, and pine the maw." Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 602. 3. To grieve for; to lament or bemoan in silence. "Abash'd the devil stood, Virtue in her state how lovely, saw; and pin'd His lo ." Milton: P. L. , iv. 846. B. Intransitive: *1. To cause pain or trouble; to hara . 2. To languish; to wear or waste away or lose flesh from any distre or anxiety of mind. (Followed by away .) "Since my young lady's going into France, the fool hath much pin'd away." -Shakesp .: Lear , i. 4. shut up; a pound. "You mistake; I mean the pound, a pinfold ."-Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, i. 1.