pinnace, pinnesse

[Fr. pina e = the pitch-tree, a pinnace, from O. Ital. pinaccia, pin azza a pinnace, so called because made of pinewood; Latin pin us =a pine; Span. pinaza; Port. pinaça.] 1. Literally and Nautical : (1) A man-of-war's boat, next in size to the launch; it is carvel-built, usually from 28 to 32 feet long, has IMG:content-1108.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1109.jpg:[graphic][subsumed] a beam 29 to 25 of its length, and is owed by six or eight oars. (2) A small schooner-rigged ve el provided with oars or sweeps; ve els of this kind of 60 to 80 tons pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-1110.jpg:[blocks in formation] *2. Fig .: A go-between for immoral purposes; a procure . IMG:content-1111.jpg:[blocks in formation] pin-nat-1-15-bāte, pin-nat-l-lōbed, a. [Pref. should have had but a single origin. It is at least concerv pinnati- , and Eng. lobate , lobed .] Botany : 1. Gen.: Having the lobes arranged pinnately. 2. Spec .: Pinnatifid, with the lobes divided to an uncertain depth. ( De Candolle . ) Pinnacles. they are usually square, but are sometimes octagonal, and, le commonly, hexagonal or pentagonal. "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple."- Matt . iv. 5. II. Figuratively : "Set me up so high as the steep pinnacles Of honor's temple." "This mountain, whose obliterated plan The pyramid of empires pinnacled ." 2. Zoology: (1) Shaped like a feather; having lateral pro IMG:content-1112.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1113.jpg:[blocks in formation] pin-nat-1-, pref. [Latin pinnatus. ) Pinnate, pinnately.