pine2t (pin)

[ Doun with Proser pyne, Whan I am dede, I wol go wone in pупе . Chaucer , Troilus, iv. 474. They shalle be clene of synne & pyne As Cryste clensed the of thyne. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 125. His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine , Were shronke into his jawes. Spenser , F. Q., I. ix. 35. O how sall I eat or drink, master, Wi' heart sae fu' o' pine ? Burd Ellen (Child's Ballads, III. 217). The victor hath his foe within his reach, Yet pardons her that merits death and pine . Fairfax, tr. of Ta o, xvi. 57. Done to pine, put to death; starved to death. Whether he alive be to be found, Or by some deadly chaunce be done to pine . Spenser, F. Q., VI. v. 28. pine2 (pin), v.; pret. and pp. pined, ppr. pining. [ The Newe Metamorphosis (1600), MS. ( Nares .) Beare a pleasaunt countenaunce with a pined conscience. Lyly , Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 117. I left in yonder desert A virgin almost pin'd . Fletcher , Sea Voyage, ii. 2. This present Spring, Anno Christ i 1656, a Quaker, being put into prison at Cole chester for his misdemeanours, resolved (as it appeared) to pine himself; whereupon he abstained from all manner of food for divers days together. S. Clarke , Examples, p. 271. Abash'd the devil stood, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His lo . Milton , P. L., iv. 848. 2. To grieve for; bemoan; bewail. II. in trans. 1. To be consumed with grief or longing; grow thin or waste away with pain, sorrow, or longing; languish: often with away : as, she pined away and died. Ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities. Ezek. xxiv. 23. There is but One, but One alone, Can set the Pilgrim free, And make him cease to pine and moan. Prior, Wandering Pilgrim, st. 11. Upon the Rebels ill succe James Fitz-Eustace, Viscount Baltinglas, fled into Spain, where he pined away with Grief. Baker , Chronicles, p. 361. On the death of the late Duke, it [Parma) was taken po e ion of by the French, and is now pining away under the influence of their iron domination. Eustace , Italy, I. vi. 2. To long; languish with longing desire: usually with for before the object of desire. Loathing, from racks of husky straw he turns, And, pining , for the verdant pasture mourns. Rowe, tr. of Lucan, v. For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. pine-beauty (pin'būti), n. A British moth, Trachea piniperda , da , white with a yellow band and red spots, whose larva feeds on coniferous trees. pine-beetle (pīn'bē"tl), n. A xylophagous bee- tle, tle as Hyles in us or Hylurgus piniperda , de- pine-blight (pīn'blīt), n. 1. An aphid, Chermes pinicorticis , of the subfamily Chermesinæ , which blights the bark of the pine. 2. The flocculent substance from this insect.-3. The blighting of the tree caused by this aphid. pine-bullfinch (pin'bul"finch), n. Same as pine- grosbeak . pine-carpet (pin'kärpet), n. A British geo- metrid moth, Thera firmata , whose larva feeds on the Scotch fir. pine-chafer (pin'chā"fer), n . A beetle ( Ano- mala pinicola ) which feeds on the leaves of the pine. [U. S.] routinet and Pope Pineal eye, a visual organ on pine-clad (pin'klad), a . on the top of the head of some extinct animals, of which the existing pineal body is suppines. posed to be the persistent vestige. The site of such an pine-cloth (pin'klôth), n. organ is indicated by that vacuity of the skull of some expine-cone (pin'kōn), n . 2. The fruit of Ananas ( An an a a ) sativa : so called from its resemblance to a pine-cone. This is a collective fruit, con- sisting of a matured spike or head of flowers, all parts of which-flowers, bracts, and IMG:content-0207.png:[merged small][graphic] IMG:content-0208.png:[blocks in formation] and Pterospora pine-finch (pin'finch), n . 1. Same as pine -gros- beak .-2. A small fringilline bird of North America, Chrysomitris or Spinus pin us , common- ly found in pine-woods. It is about 5 inches long, and entirely covered with pale or flaxen brown and dusky streaks, more or le tinged with yellow, especially on the wings and tail. The bill is very acute, the tail is emargi- nate, and the wings are pointed. It is an abundant migra- tory bird in many parts of the United States and British Europe. Also called pine - linnet and pine - siskin . America, and is a near relative of the siskin or linnet of pinefult (pin'fül), a. [ pine2 + -ful .] of woe, pain, or misery. IMG:content-0209.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0210.png:[blocks in formation] gilline bird of Europe and North America, Pi- nicol a enucleator , found chiefly in coniferous woods in northerly or alpine regions. See Pi- nicol a. Also called pine - bullfinch , pine - finch . pine-grouse (pin'grous), n. Same as dusky grouse (which see, under grouse). [Western U. S.] pine-gum (pin'gum), n. A resin, scarcely dis- tinguishable from sandarac, derived from Aus- tralian trees of the genus Callitris ( Frenela ), as C. robusta and C. rhomboidea . pineapple-flower (pin'ap-1-flou"ėr), n. plant of the liliaceous genus Eucomis , which pine-kernel (pin'kérnel), n . consists of four or five bulbous South African plants, moderately ornamental, somewhat cul- tivated in gardens. IMG:content-0211.jpg:[graphic] A little bit of a shrubbery, and a poor little flower- bed or so, and a humble apology for a pinery . Dickens , Dombey and Son, xxxvi. 2. A place where pine-trees grow; especially, a pine-forest in which an extensive lumbering busine is carried on, as in the forests of white pine ( P. Strobus ) of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. In pineries, on the other hand, valuable timber is obtained, and the population is far superior to the tar heel, the nickname of the of some pines. See pine - nut . pine-knot (pin'not'), n . The resinous knot of a pine-tree, used as fuel. [U.S.] In the remote settlements the pine - knot is still the torch of courtship; it endures to sit up by. lizard, or fence-lizard, of the United States, Sce- loporus undulatus , often found in pine-woods or pine-barrens. quadruped of the family Mustelidæ , Mustela martes or Martes abietum , a native of Europe and Asia: so called in distinction from beech -mar- ten . The name is extended to the American represent a- tive, which is a different species, M. american a . See mar- ten1 and Mustela . IMG:content-0212.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small]