Pimpla (pimʻpla)

[NL. (Fabric i us, 1804), 오 Ring-legged Pimpla ( Pimpla annulipes)., male abdomen, q, female. (Lines show natural size.) 1. A genus of pupivorous hymenopterous in- sects of the family Ichneumonidæ , typical of a subfamily Pimplinæ . P. annulipes preys on the cod- ling-moth ( Carpocapsa pomonella ), the cotton-worm ( Aletia xylina), and other destructive insects. P. manifest at or is a large European species parasitic on certain bees. 2. [l. c.] A member of this genus. pimple (pim'pl), n. [Early mod. E. also pim- pel , pumple ; * pimpel (?) (not found), per- haps a nasalized form of AS. * pipel , a pimple, blister, found only in the rare verb piplian , pypelian , blister, grow pimply, used only in ppr. pipligende , pypelgende , pimply, appar. papula , a blister, pimple: see papula . For the form, cf. MD. pimpel , pepel , a butterfly, papilio , a butterfly. The alleged AS. * pinpel , a pimple (Lye), is an error for winpel , a wim- ple. The W. pump , a knob, bump (see bump2 ) , and F. pompette , a pimple, are not connected.] 1. A small inflammatory dermal tumor or swelling; a papule or pustule, such as are seen in acne.-2. A little elevation or protuber- ance, of any kind, resembling a pimple. So do not pluck that flower, lady, That has these pimples gray. surface is sometimes dotted with little pimples , through and on which gra grows; and these pimples consist of old worm-castings. Darwin, Vegetable Mould, p. 286. 3t. A jolly boon companion. The Sun's a good Pimple , an honest Soaker, he has a Cellar at your Antipodes. Congreve, Way of the World, iv. 10. Pimple in a bentt, something very small. I could lay down heere sundrye examples, were yt not I should bee thoght ouer curious by prying owt a pimple in a bent . Stan i hurst , Eneid, Ded. ( Davies .) pimple (pim'pl), v . t .; pret. and pp. pimpled , ppr. pimpling . [ pimple , n.] To cover with pimples; cause to abound with pimples; spot or blotch as with pimples. Then take the sword from my scabbard, And slowly lift the pin ; And you may swear, and safe your aith, Ye never let Clerk Saunders in. (b) A peg or bolt serving to keep a wheel on its axle; a linch-pin. (c) A peg on the side of a boat, serving to keep the oar in place: a thole. Also called thole - pin , boat - pin . (d) A peg of a stringed musical instrument. See peg , 1 (c). Ye'll take a lith o' my little finger bane,... And ye'll make a pin to your fiddle then. IMG:content-0197.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A peg, nail, or stud serving to mark a pos i- 2. To fasten with a pin or pins. tion, step, or degree; hence, a notch; a step; He will Imagine only that he shall be cheated, And he is cheated; all still comes to pa e He's but one pin above a natural. W. Cartwright , The Ordinary, ii. 3. Specifically- (at) One of a row of pegs let into a drink- ing-ve el to regulate the quantity which each person was to drink; hence, a drinking-bout; joviality. See on a merry pin , below. Edgar, away with pins i' th' cup To spoil our drinking whole ones up. Holborn Drollery (1673), p. 76. ( Nares .) (6) A nail or stud (also called a pike ) marking the center The very pin of his heart cleft with the blind bow-boy's Shak., R. and J., ii. 4. 15. I'll cleave the black pin in the midst o' the white. Middle ton, No Wit like a Woman's, ii. 1. 3. One of a number of pieces of wood, of more or le cylindrical form, which are placed up- right at one end of a bowling-alley, to be bowled down by the player; a skittle; hence, in the plural form, a game played with such pins. Compare ninepins , tenpins .-4. A cylindrical roller made of wood; a rolling-pin.-5. A leg: as, to knock one off his pins . [Slang.] Mistake you! no, no, your legs would discover you among a you sand; I never saw a fellow better set upon his pins . Burgoyne , Lord of the Manor, iii. 3. 6†. A peak; pinnacle. Up to this pynnacle now go we; I xal the sett on the hyghest pynne . 7. A small piece of wire, generally bra and tinned, pointed at one end and with a rounded head at the other, used for fastening together pieces of cloth, paper, etc., and for other pur- poses. Yet liberal I was, and gave her pins , And money for her father's officers. Beau , and Fl . , Knight of Burning Pestle, v. 3. Hence-8. A thing of very small value; a trifle; a very small amount. But when he is to highest power, Yet he is not worth a pin . As tho' he cared not a pin For him and his company. 9. A straight, slender, and pointed bar with an ornamental head or attachment, used by women to secure laces, shawls, etc., or the hair, and by men to secure the cravat or scarf, or for mere ornament. Compare hairpin , safety - pin , scarf- pin , shawl - pin .-10†. A knot in timber. The pinne or hard corne of a knot in timber, which hurt- eth sawes. Nomenclator. ( Nares .) 11. A noxious humor in a hawk's foot. Imp . Dict . - Draw-bore pin. See draw-bore. - Dutch pins, a game or pastime resembling skittles. Strutt . - Main pin, in a vehicle, a king-bolt or bolster-pin. - On or upon a merry pint, in merry pin, in a merry humor or mood; Close discourses of the honour of God and our duty to Him are irksome when men are upon a merry pin . Charnock , Works, I. 198. The Calend'rer, right glad to find His friend in merry pin . Cowper, John Gilpin. Good Mistri Orgia, holde your hasty handes! Because your maides have not pind in your bandes According to your minde, must the stick flie About their shoulders straight? Times ' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 106. Never more Will I despise your learning; never more Pin cards and cony-tails upon your ca ock. The Latins take a great deal of pains to expose this Ceremony as a most shameful imposture. But the Greeks and Armenians pin their faith upon it, and make their Pilgrimages chiefly upon this motive. Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 97. To pin the baskett. See basket . pin2 (pin), v . t .; pret. and pp. pinned , ppr. pin- ning . [ pinnen , pynnen , var. of pennen , E. pen1 , with ref. to pin1 , v .] 1. To inclose; confine; pen or pound. His eyes, good queene, be great, so are they clear and graye, He never yet had pinne or web be , his sight for to decay. Gas coigne, Princely Pl. of Kenelw. ( Nares . ) And all eyes piñal (pē'nyä), n . [Sp. (Chilian), so called from its shape; a particular use of piña , a pine-cone, pineapple, pine a , a pine-cone, pin us , pine: see pinel , pignon .] The spongy cone of silver left behind, in the treatment of silver amal- gam, after all the mercury has been driven off. piña2, n . Same as piña - cloth . Pinaceæ (pi-nā'sē-ē), n . pl . [NL. (Lindley, 1846), pin us + -aceæ .] The Coniferæ . pinaclet, n. A Middle English form of pinnacle . piña-cloth (pēʻnyä-klôth), n. A thin and trans- lucent fabric made of the fiber of the long leaves of the pineapple-plant, Ananas sativa , and other species of the genus. It is highly esteemed by Orientals as a material for fine robes, scarfs, etc. Also pineapple - cloth , pine - cloth . pinacocytal (pin'a-kō-si-tal), a . [ pinacocyte + -al .] Of or pertaining to pinacocytes: as, a pinacocytal layer. Encyc . Brit . , XXII. 427. Glad to hear that he is on his pins yet he might have pegged out in ten years, you know. Harper's Mag ., LXXX. 269. Pins and needles, the pricking, tingling sensation at- tending the recovery of feeling in a limb which has gone to sleep; formication. - Points and pins. See point1 . Steady pin, in founding : (a) One of the pins in a flask which fit into openings in the lugs of another flask, so that, after the pattern is drawn, the two parts can be replaced in their original position. (b) One of the dowels by which the patterns are held together, when, for convenience in molding, they are made in two or more parts. To put in the pin, to stop; give over; especially, to stop or give over some bad habits or indulgence, such as drunkenne : as, I'll put in the pin at the New Year. [Colloq.] make an hole in a tree ny the roete euyn to the pit he of the tree, and anon doo in ye hole good asure of Almayne so that it be ny full, and stoppe the hole wel and iuste wt a short pynne . Arnold's Chron. (1502), ed. 1811, p. 170. (f) In mach., a short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. (9) The axis of a sheave. (h) In joinery , the projecting part of a dovetail, which fits into the socket or receiving part. (i) That part of the stem ning . [ pinnen , pynnen ; pin1 , n.] n .] 1. To fasten or secure with a bolt or peg. Conscience held hym And made Pees port or to pynne the gates. Piers Plowman (C), xxiii. 298. I say nothing, pinacoid (pin'a-koid), n. [ pinax ), + εἶδος , form.] In crystal ., a plane parallel to two of the crystal- lographic axes: as, the basal pinacoid , or base parallel to the lateral axes. The macro pinacoid and brachypinacoid are planes in the orthorhombic system par- allel to the vertical axis and the longer or shorter lateral axis respectively; similarly the ortho pinacoid and clino- pinacoid, in the monoclinic system, are parallel to the vertical axis and the orthodiagonal or clinodiagonal axis respectively. pinacoidal (pin-a-koi'dal), a . [ pinacoid + -al . ] Of the nature of or characteristic of a pinacoid: as, pinacoidal cleavage. pinafore (pin'a-for), n. [ pin1 , v., + afore .] A sort of apron worn by children to protect the front part of their dre ; a child's apron. pinang pinang (pi-nang'), n. [Malay.) The betel-nut palm, or its fruit. See Areca, 2, and areca - nut. pinaster (pi-nas'tėr), n. [= F. pinastre = Sp. It. pinastro, The pinaster is nothing else but the wild pine; it groweth wonder full tall, putting forth armes from the mids of the trunke or bodie upward. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xvi. 10. pinaxt (pi'naks), n. [L. pinax, Sir T. Browne . Consider whereabout thou art in that old philosophical pinax of the life of man. pinball-sight (pin'bâl-sīt), п . Same as bead sight .