pintle
(noun) a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pintle (plural pintles)
(now dialectal) The penis, or tarse.
(nautical) A pin or bolt, usually vertical, which acts as a pivot for a hinge or a rudder.
(gunnery) An iron pin used to control recoil of a cannon or around which a gun carriage revolves.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pin"tle, n. Etym: [A diminutive of Pin.]
1. A little pin.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: An upright pivot pin; as: (a) The pivot pin of a hinge. (b) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns. (c) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages. (d) A kingbolt of a wagon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
