Pin*ta"do (?), n.; pl. Pintados (#). [Sp., painted, fr. pintar to
paint.] (Zoˆl.) Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found
in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the
crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.
Pin"tail` (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of
both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also
gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike- tail, split-tail, springtail,
sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.
2. (Zoˆl.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky
Mountains (PediocÊtes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse,
pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.
Pin"-tailed` (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having a tapered tail, with the middle
feathers longest; -- said of birds.
Pin"tle (?), n. [A diminutive of Pin.] 1. A little pin.
2. (Mech.) 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.
Pin"tos (?), n. pl.; sing. Pinto (&?;). [Sp., painted, mottled.]
(Eyhnol.) A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco.
They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly
spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
Pin"ule (?), n. [Cf. Pinnule.] (Astron.) One of the sights of an
astrolabe. [Obs.]
||Pi"nus (?), n. [L., a pine tree.] (Bot.) A large genus of evergreen
||coniferous trees, mostly found in the northern hemisphere. The genus
||formerly included the firs, spruces, larches, and hemlocks, but is
||now limited to those trees which have the primary leaves of the
||branchlets reduced to mere scales, and the secondary ones (pine
||needles) acicular, and usually in fascicles of two to seven. See
||Pine.
Pin"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North
American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves
and flowers.
Pin"worm` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis),
which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in
children and aged persons.
||Pinx"it (?). [L., perfect indicative 3d sing. of pingere to paint.] A
||word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or
||engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted
||(this).
Pinx"ter (?), n. See Pinkster.
Pin"y (?), a. Abounding with pines. [Written also piney.] "The piny
wood." Longfellow.
Pi"o*ned (?), a. A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh.,
"abounding in marsh marigolds."
Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims.
Shak.
Pi`o*neer" (?), n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr.
OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.] 1. (Mil.) A
soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make
bridges, as an army advances.
2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for
others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
Pi`o*neer", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pioneered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pioneering.] To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as
pioneer.
Pi`o*ner" (?), n. A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak.
Pi"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) See Peony.
Pi"ot (?), n. [See Piet.] (Zoˆl.) The magpie. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. &
Scot.] Holland.
Pi"ous (?), a. [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to piety;
exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly.
"Pious hearts." Milton. "Pious poetry." Johnson.
Where was the martial brother's pious care?
Pope.
2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety;
as, pious errors; pious frauds.
Syn. -- Godly; devout; religious; righteous.
Pi"ous*ly, adv. In a pious manner.
Pip (?), n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pÈpie; from LL. pipita, fr. L.
pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.] A
contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge
from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth,
forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to
this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.
Pip, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an
apple or orange.
Pip, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.]
One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes,
etc. Addison.
Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See
Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.
To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.
Boyle.
Pi*pa (?), n.; pl. Pipas (&?;). (Zoˆl.) The Surinam toad (Pipa
Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.
The male places the eggs on the back of the female, where they soon
become inclosed in capsules formed by the thickening of the skin. The
incubation of the eggs takes place in the capsules, and the young, when
hatched, come forth with well developed legs.
Pip"age (?), n. Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe
conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
Pi"pal tree` (?). Same as Peepul tree.
Pipe (?), n. [AS. ppe, probably fr. L. pipare, pipire, to chirp; of
imitative origin. Cf. Peep, Pibroch, Fife.] 1. A wind instrument of
music, consisting of a tube or tubes of straw, reed, wood, or metal;
any tube which produces musical sounds; as, a shepherd's pipe; the pipe
of an organ. "Tunable as sylvan pipe." Milton.
Now had he rather hear the tabor and the pipe.
Shak.
2. Any long tube or hollow body of wood, metal, earthenware, or the
like: especially, one used as a conductor of water, steam, gas, etc.
3. A small bowl with a hollow steam, -- used in smoking tobacco, and,
sometimes, other substances.
4. A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or
one of its divisions.