Pin"ing*ly, adv. In a pining manner; droopingly. Poe.
Pin"ion (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L.
antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
Pin"ion, n. [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp.
piÒon pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See Pin a peg, and
cf. Pen a feather, Pennat, Pennon.] 1. A feather; a quill. Shak.