Webster's Dictionary 1913

4429

Pimola

Pim‐o″la (?), n. An olive stuffed with a kind of sweet red pepper, or pimiento.

4430

Pimp

Pimp (pĭmp), n. [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.] One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procur...

4431

Pimp (2)

Pimp, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Pimped (pĭmt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n.Pimping.] To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. Dryden.

4432

Pimpernel

Pim″per‐nel (?), n. [F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella; perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged, equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather, wi...

4433

Pimpillo

‖Pim″pil‐lo (?), n.(Bot.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); — called also pimploes.

4434

Pimpinel

Pim″pi‐nel (?), n. [See Pimpernel.] (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.

4435

Pimping

Pimp″ing (?), a. [Cf. G. pimpelig, pimpelnd, sickly, weak.] 1. Little; petty; pitiful. Crabbe.2. Puny; sickly.

4436

Pimple

Pim″ple (?), n. [AS. pīpelian to blister; cf. L. papula pimple.] 1. (Med.) Any small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, whether going on to suppuration or not. “All eyes can s...

4437

Pimpled

Pim″pled (?), a. Having pimples. Johnson.

4438

Pimply

Pim″ply (?), a. Pimpled.

4439

Pimpship

Pimp″ship (?), n. The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp.

4440

Pin

Pin (?), v. t.(Metal Working) To peen.

4441

Pin (2)

Pin (?), v. t. [Cf. Pen to confine, or Pinfold.] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

4442

Pin (3)

Pin, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word ...

4443

Pin (4)

Pin (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pinned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pinning.] [See Pin, n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. “As if s...

4444

Pin-eyed

Pin″–eyed′ (?), a.(Bot.) Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; — said of dimorphous flowers. The opposi...

4445

Pin-fire

Pin″–fire′ (?), a.(Mil.) Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.

4446

Pin-tailed

Pin″–tailed′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; — said of birds.

4447

Piña

‖Pi′ña (?), n. 1. (a) The pineapple. (b) Piña cloth or the fiber of which it is made.2. Also Pi″na (pron. also �). (Metal.) A cone of silver amalgam prepared for retorting; also...

4448

Piña cloth

Pi″ña cloth′ (?). A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fibrous tropical leaves. It ...

4449

Piña cloth (2)

Pi′ña cloth (?). [See Piña.] A fine fabric for scarfs, handkerchiefs, embroidery, etc., woven from the fiber obtained from the leaf of the sterile pineapple plant. It is delicat...

4450

Pinacate bug

Pin′a‐ca″te bug (?). Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes, found in the Pacific States.

4451

Pinacoid

Pin″a‐coid (?), n. [Gr. �, �, a tablet + -oid.] (Crystallog.) A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.

4452

Pinacolin

Pi‐nac″o‐lin (?), n. [Pinacone + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any o...

4453

Pinacone

Pin″a‐cone (?), n.(Chem.) A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series of substances of which pinacone p...

4454

Pinacotheca

‖Pin′a‐co‐the″ca (?), n. [L. pinacotheca, fr. Gr. �; �, �, a picture + � repisitory.] A picture gallery.

4455

Pinafore

Pin″a‐fore′ (?), n. [Pin + afore.] An apron for a child to protect the front part of dress; a tier.