pinner2+ (piner)

[ Greene, George-a-Greene. = It. pinna to , pinnatus , feathered, pinnate, pinna , penna , feather: see pen2 . Cf. pennate .] 1. Shaped like a feather, or resembling a fea- ther in structure. (a) In bot . , noting leaves of such form. Also pennate . (b) In entom ., noting a surface (es- pecially that of the posterior femora of gra hoppers) havcle: see pin1 .] A pinnacle. ing minute parallel oblique lines on each side of a central ridge, so that the whole somewhat resembles a feather. 2. In zoöl .: ( a ) Feathered; pinnated. ( b ) Pro- Blazed battlement and pinnet high, Blazed every rose-carved buttre fair. Pinnidæ (pin'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., vided with a pinna or pinnæ; having wings, fins, or similar parts. - Abruptly, alternately, de- cursively, digitately pinnate. See the adverbs Articulate-pinnate leaf, a winged leaf having the com- mon footstalk jointed. - Equally or interruptedly pin- nate. Same as abruptly pinnate . - Oppositely pinnate leaf. See oppositely . - Pinnate cirrose leaf, a leaf that is winged and terminates with a tendril.-Pinnate leaf, a compound leaf whose leaflets, except the terminal one, are attached to the sides of the main or partial rachis. See cuts under Jacob's - ladder and Phytelephas . - Unequally pinnate leaf, a pinnate leaf with a single terminal leaflet. pinnated (pin'ā-ted), a. Same as pinnate .-Pin- nated grouse. See grouse, prairie - hen , and cut under pinniform (pin'i-fôrm), a . [= F. pinniforme , Cupid on i a . pinnatedly (pin'a-ted-li), adv. Same as pinnately. pinnately (pin'at-li), adv. So as to be pinnate. -Pinnately cleft. Same as pinnatifid. - Pinnately lobed. Same as pin nat i lobed.-Pinnately nerved or veined. Same as penni nerved. See cut under nervation. pinnatifid (pi-nat'i-fid), a. [ Also pennatifid; = F. pinnatifide, penn at if ide = Pg. pin nat if i do, pin nat i lobate (pi-nat-i-lōʻbāt), a. [ pin nat i lobed (pi-nat'i-lōbd), a. [ of Centaurea pinning (pin'ing), n . [Verbal n. of pin1 , v.] 1. The act of fastening or securing with a pin.- 2. The masonry that supports studwork. - Pin- Pinnatifid Leaf ning in, the operation of filling in the joints of masonry with spalls or chips of stone. - Pinning up, in building , stabiosa. the operation of driving in wedges for the purpose of bring- ing an upper work to bear fully upon an underpinning con- structed beneath. pinnation (pi-nāʼshon), n. [ pinnatiped (pi-nat'i-ped), a. and n. [=Pg. pin natipede; II. n. One of the Pin nat i pedes . Pin nat i pedes (pin-ā-tip'e-dēz), n. pl. [NL., pl. of pinnatipes: see pinnatiped.] A group of pin natiped birds. Also Pinnipedes. Schaeffer. pinnatisect (pi-nat'i-sekt), a. [= F. pennati séqué; She had on a black velvet gown, and a white pinner and apron. Kingsley, Water-Babies, p. 229. 41. A woman's head-dre , having long flaps hanging down the sides of the cheeks, worn during the early part of the eighteenth century: generally in the plural. Pinners. pinniped (pin'i-ped), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the Pinnipedes or Pinni pedia : opposed to fi iped . Pinnipedes (pi-nip'e-dez), n . pl . [NL., pl. of pinnipes : see pinniped.] 1. In ornith.: ( a ) Same as Pin nat i pedes . (b) Same as To tip alma tæ or Steganopodes .-2. In mammal . , same as Pinniped i a .-3. In Crustacea , crabs which have some of the limbs like flippers, fitted for swimming; the paddle-crabs, shuttle-crabs, or swimming-crabs. See cut under paddle - crab . Pinniped i a (pin-i-pēʼdi-ä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of pinnipes. See pinniped .] In zool ., the pinnigrade, pinniped, or fin-footed aquatic carnivorous quadrupeds, constituting one of the prime divisions of the order Feræ or Carnivora, the other being the Fi iped i a . In Illiger's cla ification (1811) it was the thirteenth order of mammals. The body is prone, not raised from the ground; the limbs are modified into fins or flippers for swimming, and confined within the common integument beyond the elbows and knees; the feet are rotated backward. The first phalanges and digits of the manus and pes are enlarged beyond the others. The deciduous dentition is much reduced or rudimentary. The skull is greatly compre ed between the orbits; the lacrymal bone is imperforate, intra orbital, and rarely confluent with the maxillary, which bounds the orbit; the palatines are not produced forward laterally; and there are extensive vacuities between the frontal and maxillary bones and between the tympanics and exoccipitals. There are three families-the Otariidæ or eared seals (sea-lions, sea-bears, etc.), the Phocidæ or seals proper, and the Trichechidæ or walruses. Also called Pinnipedes and Pinnigrada . See cuts under otary , seal , and walrus . pinnisected (pin'i-sek-ted), a. [L. pinna, feather, + sect us, pp. of secare, cut, + -ed2.] In bot., same as pinnatifid. pinnitarsal pinnitarsal (pin-i-tär's al), a. [L. pinna, feather, + NL. tarsus, tarsus, + -al.] Having pinnate feet, as a swimming-crab.