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- English Word Pintle Definition A little pin.
- English Word Pintle Definition An upright pivot pin
- English Word Pintle Definition The pivot pin of a hinge.
- English Word Pintle Definition A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns.
- English Word Pintle Definition A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages.
- English Word Pintle Definition A kingbolt of a wagon.
- English Word Pintos Definition A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
- English Word Pinule Definition One of the sights of an astrolabe.
- English Word Pinus Definition A large genus of evergreen coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See Pine.
- English Word Pinweed Definition Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
- English Word Pinworm Definition A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.
- English Word Pinxit Definition A word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).
- English Word Pinxter Definition See Pinkster.
- English Word Piny Definition Abounding with pines.
- English Word Pion Definition The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America.
- English Word Pion Definition See Monkey's puzzle.
- English Word Pioned Definition A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."
- English Word Pioneer Definition A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
- English Word Pioneer Definition One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
- English Word Pioneer Definition To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.