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pinion

N ปีกนก  feather wing pik-nok

 

pinion

N ฟันเฟือง เล็ก  เฟือง ตัวเล็ก  fan-fuang-lek

 

pinion to

PHRV มัด ไว้ แน่น กับ  ผูก ไว้ กับ  mad-wai-nean-kab

 

pinion together

PHRV มัด ไว้ รวมกัน  ผูก รวมกัน  mad-wai-ruam-kab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PINION

n.pin'yon. 1. The joint of a fowl's wing, remotest from the body.
2. A fether; a quill.
3. A wing.
Hope humbly then, on trembling pinions soar.
4. The tooth of a smaller wheel, answering to that of a larger.
5. Fetters or bands for the arms.

 

PINION

v.t.pin'yon. To bind or confine the wings. 1. To confine by binding the wings.
2. To cut off the first joint of the wing.
3. To bind or confine the arm or arms to the body.
4. To confine; to shackle; to chain; as, to be pinioned by formal rules of state.
5. To bind; to fasten to.

 

PINIONED

pp. Confined by the wings; shackled. 1. a. Furnished with wings.

 

PINIONIST

n.A winged animal; a fowl. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PINION

PINION Pin "ion, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

 

PINION

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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

PINION

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.

 

PINIONED

PINIONED Pin "ioned, a.

 

Defn: Having wings or pinions.

 

PINIONIST

PINIONIST Pin "ion *ist, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any winged creature.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pinion

pin ion 1 |ˈpinyən ˈpɪnjən | noun the outer part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers. literary a bird's wing as used in flight. verb [ with obj. ] 1 tie or hold the arms or legs of (someone ): he pinioned the limbs of his opponents. bind (the arms or legs ) of someone. 2 cut off the pinion of (a wing or bird ) to prevent flight. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pignon, based on Latin pinna, penna feather.

 

pinion

pin ion 2 |ˈpɪnjən ˈpinyən | noun a small gear or spindle engaging with a large gear. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French pignon, alteration of obsolete pignol, from Latin pinea pine cone, from pinus pine.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pinion

pinion 1 |ˈpɪnjən | noun the outer part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers. literary a bird's wing as used in flight. verb [ with obj. ] 1 restrain or immobilize (someone ) by tying up or holding their arms or legs: he was pinioned to the ground. tie up or hold (the arms or legs ) of a person: I struggled to rise but my arms were pinioned. 2 cut off the pinion of (a wing or bird ) to prevent flight. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French pignon, based on Latin pinna, penna feather .

 

pinion

pinion 2 |ˈpɪnjən | noun a small cogwheel or spindle engaging with a large cogwheel. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French pignon, alteration of obsolete pignol, from Latin pinea pine cone , from pinus pine .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pinion

pinion verb the hostages were pinioned to each other: hold down, pin down, restrain, hold fast, immobilize; tie, bind, truss (up ), shackle, fetter, hobble, manacle, handcuff; informal cuff.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pinion

pinion verb he was pinioned to the ground: hold down, pin down, press down, restrain, constrain, hold fast, immobilize; tie, bind, rope, fasten, secure, shackle, fetter, tether, lash, truss (up ), chain (up ), hobble, manacle, handcuff; informal cuff.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pinion

pin ion 1 /pɪ́njən /名詞 C 1 鳥の翼の先端部 .2 (鳥の翼の )羽 ; 風切り羽 (flight feather ).3 ⦅詩 ⦆翼 (wing ).動詞 他動詞 1 (飛べないように )〈鳥 〉の翼の先を切る ; 両翼を縛る .2 〈人 〉の両腕を胴体に縛り付ける ; 〈人 〉を羽交い締めにする .3 «…に » …を縛り付ける, 固定する «to » .

 

pinion

pin ion 2 名詞 C 〘機 〙(大歯車にかみ合う )小歯車, ピニオン .