Webster's Dictionary 1828

1918

PINIONIST

PIN'IONIST, noun A winged animal; a fowl. [Not used.]

1919

PINIROLO

PINIRO'LO, noun A bird resembling the sandpiper, but larger; found in Italy.

1920

PINITE

PIN'ITE, noun [from Pini, a mine in Saxony.]A mineral holding a middle place between steatite and mica; the micarel of Kirwan. It is found in prismatic crystals of a greenish wh...

1921

PINK

PINK, noun1. An eye, or a small eye; but now disused except in composition, as in pink-eyed, pink-eye.2. A plant and flower of the genus Dianthus, common in our gardens.3. A col...

1922

PINK-EYED

PINK'-EYED, adjective Having small eyes.PINK'-NEEDLE, noun A shepherd's bodkin.PIN'-STERNED, adjective Having a very narrow stern; as a ship.

1923

PINNACE

PIN'NACE, noun A small vessel navigated with oars and sails, and having generally two masts rigged like those of a schooner; also, a boat usually rowed with eight oars.

1924

PINNACLE

PIN'NACLE, noun [Latin pinna.]1. A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building.Some metropolisWith glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd.2. A high spiring p...

1925

PINNACLED

PIN'NACLED, participle passive Furnished with pinnacles.

1926

PINNAGE

PIN'NAGE, noun Poundage of cattle. [Not used.] [See Pound.]

1927

PINNATE

PIN'NATEPIN'NATED, adjective [Latin pinnatus, from pinna, a fether or fin.]In botany, a pinnate leaf is a species of compound leaf wherein a simple petiole has several leaflets ...

1928

PINNATED

PIN'NATED, a. [L. pinnatus, from pinna, a fether or fin.]In botany, a pinnate leaf is a species of compound leaf wherein a simple petiole has several leaflets attached to each s...

1929

PINNATIFID

PIN'NATIFID, adjective [Latin pinna, a fether, and findo, to cleave.]In botany, fether-cleft. A pinnatifid leaf is a species of simple leaf, divided transversely by oblong horiz...

1930

PINNATIPED

PIN'NATIPED, adjective [Latin pinna and pes, foot.] Fin-footed; having the toes bordered by membranes.

1931

PINNED

PIN'NED, participle passive Fastened with pins; confined.

1932

PINNER

PIN'NER, noun One that pins or fastens; also, a pounder of cattle, or the pound keeper.1. A pin-maker.2. The lappet of a head which flies loose.

1933

PINNITE

PIN'NITE, noun Fossil remains of the Pinna, a genus of shells.

1934

PINNOCK

PIN'NOCK, noun A small bird, the tomtit.

1935

PINNULATE

PIN'NULATE, adjective A pinnulate leaf is one in which each pinna is subdivided.

1936

PINT

PINT, noun Half a quart, or four gills. In medicine, twelve ounces. It is applied both to liquid and dry measure.

1937

PINTLE

PIN'TLE, noun A little pin. In artillery, a long iron bolt.

1938

PINULES

PIN'ULES, nounplural In astronomy, the sights of an astrolabe.

1939

PIONEER

PIONEE'R, noun1. In the art and practice of war, one whose business is to march with or before an army, to repair the road or clear it of obstructions, work at intrenchments, or...

1940

PIONING

PI'ONING, noun The work of pioneers. [Not used.]

1941

PIONY

PI'ONYPE'ONY, noun [Latin poeonia; Gr. from Apollo, a physician, and a hymn.]An herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Paeonia, with tuberous roots, and bearing large beautiful...

1942

PIOUS

PI'OUS, adjective [Latin pius.]1. Godly; reverencing and honoring the Supreme Being in heart and in the practice of the duties he has enjoined; having due veneration and affecti...

1943

PIOUSLY

PI'OUSLY, adverb In a pious manner; with reverence and affection for God; religiously; with due regard to sacred things or to the duties God has enjoined.1. With due regard to n...

1944

PIP

PIP, noun A disease of fowls; a horny pellicle that grows on the tip of their tongue.1. A spot on cards.PIP, verb intransitive [Latin pipio.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; comm...