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PINION
pennon, pinion
(noun) wing of a bird
pinion
(noun) a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
pinion
(verb) cut the wings off (of birds)
pinion, shackle
(verb) bind the arms of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pinion (plural pinions)
A wing.
(ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
(ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
A moth of the genus Lithophane.
(obsolete) A fetter for the arm.
Verb
pinion (third-person singular simple present pinions, present participle pinioning, simple past and past participle pinioned) (transitive)
To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
• ibidem, page 129
To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
Synonym: shackle
(transferred sense, figurative) To restrain; to limit.
Etymology 2
Noun
pinion (plural pinions)
(mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
Proper noun
Pinion (plural Pinions)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pinion is the 13612nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2226 individuals. Pinion is most common among White (87.69%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"ion, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
Pin"ion, n. Etym: [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp. piñon pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See Pin a peg, and cf. Pen a feather, Pennat, Pennon.]
1. A feather; a quill. Shak.
2. A wing, literal or figurative. Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome. Pope.
3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. Johnson.
4. A fetter for the arm. Ainsworth.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis. Lantern pinion. See under Lantern.
– Pinion wire, wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.
Pin"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinioning.]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. Bacon.
2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. Johnson.
3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. Shak. Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. Cowper.
4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. "Pinioned up by formal rules of state." Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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