Pin"ner, n. [See Pin to pound.] One who pins or impounds cattle. See
Pin, v. t. [Obs.]
Pin"net (?), n. A pinnacle. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Pin"ni*form (?), a. [L. pinna feather, fin + -form.] Shaped like a fin
or feather. Sir J. Hill.
||Pin`ni*gra"da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. pinna a feather + gradi to walk,
||move.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Pinnipedia.
Pin"ni*grade (?), n. (Zoˆl.) An animal of the seal tribe, moving by
short feet that serve as paddles.
Pin"ni*ped (?), n. [L. pinna feather, fin + pes, pedis, a foot: cf. F.
pinnipËde.] (Zoˆl.) (a) One of the Pinnipedia; a seal. (b) One of the
Pinnipedes.
||Pin*nip"e*des (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Steganopodes.
||Pin`ni*pe"di*a (?), n. pl. [NL. So called because their webbed feet
||are used as paddles or fins.] (Zoˆl.) A suborder of aquatic
||carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to
||Fissipedia.
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Pin"nock (?), n. [Of uncertain origin.] (Zoˆl.) (a) The hedge sparrow.
[Prov. Eng.] (b) The tomtit.
Pin"no*there (?), n. [Gr. &?; a pinna + &?; an animal.] (Zoˆl.) A crab
of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.
Pin"nu*la (?), n.; pl. PinnulÊ (#). [L.] Same as Pinnule.
Pin"nu*late (?), a. [See Pinnule.] (Bot.) Having each pinna subdivided;
-- said of a leaf, or of its pinnÊ.
Pin"nu*la`ted (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having pinnules.
Pin"nule (?), n. [L. pinnula, dim. of pinna feather: cf. F. pinnule.]
1. (Bot.) One of the small divisions of a decompound frond or leaf. See
Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.
2. (Zoˆl.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when
arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of
a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid.
Pin"ny*win`kles (?), n. pl. An instrument of torture, consisting of a
board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with
pegs. [Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Pin"o*cle (?), n. See Penuchle.
Pi*nole" (?), n. 1. An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture
of chocolate.
2. Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water,
it makes a nutritious beverage.
PiÒ"on (?), n. [Sp. piÒon.] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several
species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of
Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla,
the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See Monkey's puzzle.
[Written also pignon.]