Pindari cal (pindarikal)

[ You may wonder, sir (for this seems a little too extravagant and pindari cal for prose), what I mean by all this preface. Cowley, The Garden. Pindarism (pin'där-izm), n. [ F.pindaris me; Pindar + -ism.] Imitation of Pindar. Pindarism prevailed about half a century, but at last Johnson, Cowley. produced in the manufacture of pins. The little particles of pindust , when mingled with sand, cannot, by their mingling, make it lighter. Sir K. Digby . pinel (pin), n. [ pinc , pyne , pin , pin , in comp. pin beám , pintreów , pine-tree, D. pijn ( boom ) = MHG. pine ( boum ), pin ( boum ) (G. pinie = Sw. Dan. pinic ) = F. Pr. pin = Sp. It. pino = Pg. pinho = Ir. pin ( chrann ), pin us , pine; prob. orig. * picnus , pix ( pic- ), pitch: see pitch2 . Cf. Gr. πίτυς , pine.] 1. Any tree of the genus Pinus . The pines are evergreens ranging in size from that of a low bush up to a height of 300 feet. Some of them are of the highest economic importance from the timber obtained from them, which, though not of the finest cabinet quality, is very extensively used in all kinds of construction. In this regard the most important species are in Europe, the Scotch pine; in North America, the (Canadian) red pine, the common white pine, the long-leafed pine, the yellow pine of the east, and that of the west; in India, the Bhutan, chir, and Khasian pines; and in Japan, the matsu (Japanese pine). (See below.) The resinous products of some are of great value (see pitch2 , tar , turpen tine , resin , abietene , austral ene ; also Aleppo pine , cluster pine , Corsican pine , long - leafed pine , Mugho pine , and stone pine -all below, and chir ); and some species are useful for their edible seeds (see nut - pine ). See also fir - wool , and pine-needle wool (under pine -needle). 2. One of various other coniferous trees, as the More ton Bay pine and the Oregon pine (see below); also, one of a few small plants suggesting the pine. See ground- pine.-3. The wood of any pine-tree.-4. The pineapple. - Aleppo pine, a middle-sized tree, Pinus Hale pens is, of Mediterranean Europe and Asia, occurring along with the Lebanon cedars. It produces a useful wood, and is the source of the Aleppo turpentine.-Amboyna pine, Agathis ( Dammar a, oriental is. Also called dammar - pine. See Dammar a.Austrian pine, a rather tall tree, Pinus nigricans, of Austria, etc., having long dark glo y foliage, and resinous wood of moderate worth. Also called black pine. Bastard pine. Same as slash - pine.- Bhutan or Bhotan pine, Pinus excels a, of the Him a lay as and Afghanistan, a symmetrical tree growing 150 feet high, with a valuable wood, close-grained and easily worked. Also called lofty pine. A native name is kail. - Bishop's pine. Same as died gradually away, and other imitations supply its place. Obispo pine. Black pine. (a) Pinos Mung antres A sort of intoxication of style-a Pindarism , to use a word formed from the name of the poet on whom, above all other poets, the power of style seems to have exercised an inspiring and intoxicating effect. M. Arnold , Study of Celtic Literature, p. 144. of moderate size and worth, of Pacific North America. Also called tamarack, lodge - pole pine, ridge - pole pine, and spruce pine. ( b ) Same as Austrian pine. (c) Same as bull - pine (a). (d) Same as miro. - Brazilian pine, Araucaria Bra siliensis, a fine tree growing 100 feet high, which forms large forests in southern Brazil. Its seeds are large and pine edible, and its wood is fit for boards, masts, etc. - Broom pine. Same as long - leafed pine. --Bull-pine. (a) Pinus Jeffrey i, of the Sierra Nevadas, a large tree whose wood affords much coarse lumber. Also called black pine, Truckee pine. (b) Same as digger - pine. (c) Same as yellow pine (a). (d) Same as yellow pine (c). - Bunya-bunya pine. See bunya bunya.-Cal a brian pine. See Corsican pine and cluster pine. Canadian pine. Same as red pine ( a ). - Canary pine, Pinus Canariensis, forming extensive forests at high elevations on the Canary Islands. Its timber is considered good, and is not subject to insect ravages. - Candlewood pine, a resinous Mexican tree, Pinus Zeocote. Also called torch-pine.-Cedar-pine, a middle-sized tree, Pinus gla bra, found locally in the southern United States, and of no great value. Also called spruce - pine and white pine.Celery-pine, celery-leafed pine, any one of the three species of Phylloclad us, beautiful trees, so called from their branchlets resembling a di ected leaf. P. trichomanoi des, of New Zealand, furnishes a strong durable timber, and is called by the colonists pitch - pine. The Tasmanian P. rhomboidal is ( P. asp len i folia ) is known as the celery - top pine, and yields elastic spars.- Cembra pine, the Swi stone-pine. See stone - pine, below. - Cheel, cheer, or chir pine, the long-leafed pine of India. See chir.- Chilian pine. See Araucaria. - Cluster-pine, the Pinus Pinaster of southern Europe. Its stout leaves are set in dense whorls, and its cones are borne in clusters of from four to eight. It furnishes the Bordeaux turpentine (see barras2 and galipot ), and its timber is of fair worth. It is used on a large scale in southern France to reclaim sandy wastes. It is also called maritime pine and star - pine. The Cal a brian cluster-pine is P. Brutia. - Corsican pine, Pinus Laricio, of Mediterranean Europe, a species reaching a height of 120 feet, notably forming woods on Mount Etna at an altitude of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet. It yields turpentine, and its coarse elastic wood is easily worked and durable. Its variety Pall asian a, of the Taurus Mountains, is the Taurian or seaside pine. Also called Cal a brian pine and Corsican larch. - Cowdie, cowrie pine. See kauri pine and Dammar a.-Dammar-pine. Same as Amboy na pine. Digger-pine, Pinus Sabin i an a, a large tree common on the foot-hills of California mountains. It is much used for fuel, and is one of the nut-pines. Also called bull - pine.-Douglas pine. Same as Oregon pine. - Dwarf pine. See Mugho pine. - Dye-pine. Same as king - pine. Emodi pine. Same as cheel pine. - Foxtail-pine, Pinus Bal four i an a, var. aristata, of Nevada, etc., a rather large soft-wooded tree, used in timbering mines. It is now nearly exhausted. Also called hickory - pine. Frankincense pine. Same as loblolly - pine.-Georgia pine. Same as long-leafed pine. - Giant pine. Same as sugar - pine. Ginger-pine, the Oregon, Port Orford, or white cedar, Chamæcyparis Laws on i an a, admired in cultivation, and most valuable for its hard, strong, close-grained, and durable wood, which has many uses. Its odoriferous resin is a powerful diuretic and insecticide. - Golden pine. Same as Chinese or golden larch. See larch. - Gray pine, Pinus Banks i an a, a species ranging from the northern borders of the United States northward, of an ashen color, varying in size from 60 feet high down to a straggling bush. Its wood serves for fuel, railway-ties, etc. Also called Hudson's Bay or Labrador pine, northern scrub - pine, and prince's - pine.- ' s - pine. Hard pine, specifically, the long-leafed pine.-Highland pine, the horizontal Scotch pine. - Him a lay an pine. Same as neoza - pine. - Hudson's Bay pine. See gray pine. -Japanese pine. See matsu. The Japanese red pine is the akamatsu. - Jersey pine, Pinus inops, a generally small, straggling tree, growing in barren soil on the eastern coast of the United States, in Kentucky, etc., and westward largely used for pump-logs and water-pipes. Also called scrub- pine.-Khasian pine, Pinus Khasya: in the Khasian mountains a small tree; in the Burmese hills sometimes 200 feet high. - King-pine, a lofty fir, Abies Webbi ana, of the Him a lay as and Afghanistan, a stout black tree of columnar outline, or flat-headed, sometimes 150 feet high. Its fragrant resinous wood is useful, and its young cones yield a beautiful violet dye, whence it is sometimes called dye-pine. The pindrow-fir is a variety of the king-pine. -Knob-cone pine, Pinus tuberculata, an unimportant species of the western United States. - Labrador pine. Same as gray pine. - Lacebark-pine, Pinus Bungeana, of northern China, cultivated by the Chinese in pots. It sheds its outer bark every season. - Lambert's pine. Same as sugar -pine.- Lodge-pole pine. Same as black pine (a). -Lofty pine. Same as Bhutan pine. -Long-leafed pine, a tree of great economical importance, Pinus palustris ( P. australis ), forming extensive forests along the coast of the United States from southern Virginia to Texas, rarely extending inland more than 150 miles. It grows 70 feet high and a yard in diameter, and its needles are nearly a foot long. Its wood is very hard and strong, tough, coarse grained, and durable, of a reddish color. It is largely manufactured into lumber, and used in ship-building and all kinds of construction. This tree furnishes also nearly all the turpentine, tar, pitch, resin, and spirits of turpentine produced in the United States. Also called southern or Georgia pine, yellow pine, and hard pine; sometimes broom or red pine, and, especially in England, pitch - pine. - Mahogany pine. Same as totara. - Maritime pine. Same as clus ter-pine.-Meadow-pine. Same as slash - pine. - Monterey pine, the Californian Pinus in sign is, in the wild state rare and local, but now widely cultivated on the Pacific coast for shelter and ornament: a tree of rapid growth, with beautiful fresh green foliage. - More ton Bay pine. Same as hoop - pine.- Mountain-pine. (a) The Mugho pine. ( b ) See white pine (b). - Mugho pine, Pinus Mughus, a small tough-wooded tree found on the mountains of southern Europe, and sometimes called mountain - pine. A variety, the dwarf pine ( P. Pumilio ) of Austria, etc., yields the Hungarian balsam, sparingly used in medicine. See knee pine.-Neoza-pine, Pinus Gerardiana, of the northwestern Him a lay as, a stout tree growing 60 feet high, with a silvery bark which peels off in long flakes. It yields abundant turpentine, and each cone affords about 100 edible seeds or neoza-nuts, whence it is sometimes called Nepal nut-pine.-Norfolk Island pine, Araucaria excels a, a majestic tree, sometimes 200 feet high, abounding on Norfolk Island, and affording a tough and close-grained timber. It is said to produce very large compact knots of a semi-transparent brown, valuable for turnery, etc. Norway pine. See red pine (a). - Nut pine. See nutpine and piñon, also neoza - pine and stone - pine. - Obispo pine, a local Californian tree, Pinus muricata, of no 4496 great value. - Ocote or okote pine. Same as candle wood pine. - Old-field pine, the loblolly-pine, which often springs up on abandoned lands, or as second growth after the long-leafed pine. - Oregon pine, the Douglas fir or pine, Pseudotsuga Douglas i i. It ranges from British Columbia to Mexico, but is at its best in Oregon and Washington, where it forms large forests, and sometimes exceeds 300 feet in height. It is the most valuable timber-tree of the Pacific region. Its wood is hard, strong, and durable, difficult to work, largely manufactured into lumber, and used for all kinds of construction, for masts and spars, railway-ties, etc. Lumbermen distinguish varieties of the wood as red and yellow fir, the red le valuable. The bark is serviceable for tanning.-Oyster Bay pine, Callitris rhom boidea, a somewhat useful conifer of Tasmania. - Pinaster-pine, the cluster-pine.-Pitch-pine. (a) In America, Pin us rigid a, a moderate tree of stiff habit, found from New Brunswick to Georgia. Its wood is used for fuel, charcoal, and coarse lumber. Also called torch -pine. (b) In England, the long-leafed pine, or its imported wood. (c) See celery - pine.- Pond-pine, Pinus serotina, a moderate-sized tree of peaty or wet ground from North Carolina to Florida. - Prince's-pine. (a) The gray pine. (b) See Chima phil a. - Red pine. (a) An important tree, Pinus resinosa, found throughout Canada, sparingly in northern New England, and at its best in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. It grows from 70 to 140 feet high. Its wood is of a light reddish color, resinous, light, hard, tough, and elastic; it is largely manufactured into lumber, and used for spars, piles, and all kinds of construction. Without good reason called Norway pine. (b) See Dacrydium. -Ridge-pole pine. Same as black pine ( a ). Ridge - pole pines , which grow close together, and do not branch out until the stems are thirty or forty feet from the ground. T. Roosevelt , Hunting Trips, p. 331. Rosemary-pine. See loblolly - pine.-Running pine. See Lycopodium. -Sand-pine, a tree of moderate size, Pinus clausa, found in Florida on sandy ridges: of small use. Also called spruce - pine. - Sap-pine. Same as pitch - pine (a). [Rare.]-Scotch pine, Pinus sylvestris, the only indigenous species of Pinus in the British Isles, widely spread throughout Europe, especially on mountains, in Scand in a via forming large forests. Its reddish-tinged wood, one of the most generally useful of pine woods, is extensively employed in civil and naval architecture, etc. It is the red or yellow deal of Great Britain. More often called fir than pine; locally named redwood; commercially designated as Dantzic, Riga, Swedish, etc., fir. A variety, horizontal is, with horizontal branches and red wood, is the Highland, Speyside, or horizontal Scotch fir or pine. - Scrub-pine. Sanie as Jersey pine. The northern scrub-pine is the same as gray pine.- Seaside pine. See Corsican pine. - Short leafed pine. See yellow pine ( a ). - Siberian pine. See stone - pine (c). Silver pine. Same as yellow pine (c).Southern pine, the long-leafed pine. - Speyside pine. See Scotch pine. Spruce-pine. Same as black pine ( a ), 2 cedar - pine, sand pine, and yellow pine ( a ).-Stone pine. (a) The Italian stone-pine, Pi nus Pinea, of Mediterranean Europe, a low round-headed tree, in Greece growing 60 feet high. It is much cultivated for ornament and for its large seeds, which are a considerable article of trade as a de ert nut. (b) The Swi stone-pine, or arolla, Pinus Cembra, a middle-sized tree with fragrant and resinous, very fine-grained soft wood, much used for carving and cabinet-work. The seeds are edible, and abound in oil. It yields a turpentine called Car path i an balsam. (c) The Siberian stone-pine, Pinus Cembra, var. Sibirica. Sugar-pine, Pinus Lambert i an a, of the Pacific United States, a common tree, sometimes 275 feet high, yielding a light, soft timber, made into lumber, and used for inside finish, etc., but le valuable than the eastern white pine. Burnt or cut trees exude a sweet resinous matter, sometimes used for sugar. The cones are sometimes 12 feet long. Also called giant pine, Lambert's pine. - Swi pine. See stone pine ( b ).-Table-mountain pine, Pinus pungens, of the Alleghanies, in Tenne ee forming large forests, in Pennsylvania largely made into charcoal. Also called hickory pine. -Taurian pine. See Corsican pine. Torch-pine. Same as candlewood pine, or pitch - pine ( a ). -Totara pine. See totara. Truckee pine. Same as bull pine (a). Umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticil lat a, of Japan. See Sciadopitys. Virgin i an pine, an old name of the long 1. Cone of Stone-pine (Pinus Pinea), on its branch. 2. A fascicle of (two) leaves. IMG:content-0206.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] cone. leafed pine.-water-pine, the Chinese Taxodium heterophyl lum, a nearly evergreen tree or bush growing in wet places, and planted along the margins of rice-fields. - Weymouth pine, a name, in England, of the common American white pine. It was largely planted by Lord Weymouth soon after its introduc tion into England.White pine. (a) Pi. pine nus Strobus, found from Newfoundland through Canada and the region of the Great Lakes, and south along the Alleghanies to Georgia. It is at its best in the Upper Lake region, where it forms extensive forests. It rises from 75 to 150 feet, and produces a light, soft, straight-grained timber of a light straw-color, more largely manufactured into lumber than that of any other North American tree, and used in building and for a great variety of purposes. The white pine is also an effective ornamental tree. See Weymouth pine, and yellow pine (c). (b) Pinus monticola, a large species of the western United States, not very common, but in Idaho an important timber-tree. (c) The cedar pine. (d) The Rocky Mountain species Pinus reflex a, of Arizona, and P. flexilis, which serves for lumber in Nevada, where better is wanting. (e) Same as kahikatea.-Yellow pine. (a) Pinus mitis, ranging from New Jersey, through the Gulf States, to Texas, and thence to Mi ouri and Kansas: the most valuable of the yellow pines except the long leafed, in contrast with which it is called short - leafed pine. Its heavy and hard orange-colored wood is largely made into lumber, especially west of the Mi i ippi, where it is best developed. Also spruce - pine and bull - pine. (b) The long-leafed pine. (c) An important species, Pinus pondero sa, found in the Black Hills, and from British Columbia, through the Pacific region, to Texas and Mexico: within its range the most valuable timber-tree after the Oregon pine. It sometimes approaches 300 feet in height, but is commonly much lower, especially in the Rocky Mountains. Its heavy, hard, and strong, but not durable, timber furnishes lumber, railway-ties, etc. Also called bull - pine, sil ver - pine. (d) Pinus Arizonica, a species of minor importance in the mountains of Arizona. (e) A commercial name of the common white pine. (See also ground - pine, heavy - pine, hoop - pine, huon - pine, kauri - pine, knee - pine, lob lolly- pine, and slash - pine.)