pinacotheca

[ Gr.pinax (gen it. pinakos ) =a picture, and thēkē a repository.] A picture gallery. pin-a-före, s . [English pin , v., and afore .] An apron worn by children to protect the front part of their dre , so called because formerly pinned in front of a child. pi-nal-ic, a. [Eng. pina (co)l(ine); suff. -ic.] Derived from or contained in pinacoline. IMG:content-1093.png:[graphic] pinalic-acid, s. Chemistry: C5H10O2=(CH3)3: C-COOH. Trim eth acetic acid. Obtained by the oxidation of pinacoline with chromic and dilute sulphuric acids. It forms leafy crystals, which melt at 35, boil at 161°, and require forty times their weight of water for solution. Its baric and calcic salts crystallize in silky needles, which are very soluble. catechu. pi-năng', subst . [Malay.] The betel-nut, Areca pi-năs'-těr, s . [Lat.=a kind of fir or pine, from pin us (q. v.); Fr. pinastre .] Bot .: Pinus pinaster , the Cluster pine, indigenous to the Mediterranean countries. It yields quantities of turpentine, and, flourishing near the sea, has the loose and been largely planted in France for binding together Holland Phi "The Pinaster is nothing else but the wild pine."-P. †pi-năx, subst . [Gr.] A table, a register, a list: hence, that on which anything, as a scheme or plan, is inscribed. "Consider whereabout thou art in that old philosoph pin-tool, s. A tubular cutter for making pins ical pinax of the life of man." - Browne. for sash, blind, and door makers. pin-vice, s. Clock-making: A hand-vice for grasping small arbors and pins.