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Inch
·vt To drive by inches, or small degrees.
II. Inch ·vt To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
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inch
The smallest lineal measure to which a name is given; but it has many subdivisions. Also, a general ...
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Pin
·noun Mood; humor.
II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin.
III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint.
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pin
In or to a merry pin; almost drunk: an allusion to a sort of tankard, formerly used in the north, ha...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Water inch
·- ·same·as Inch of water, under <<Water>>.
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Belaying pin
·- A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are f...
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Breech pin
·- ·Alt. of Breech screw.
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Corking pin
·- A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold.
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Firing pin
·add. ·- In the breech mechanism of a firearm, the pin which strikes the head of the cartridge and e...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pin-eyed
·adj Having the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concea...
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Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Rolling-pin
·noun A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Crisping-pin
(Isa. 3:22; R.V., "satchel"), some kind of female ornament, probably like the modern reticule. The H...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pin basket
The youngest child.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin money
An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pin-bush
n.
i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.)
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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linch-pin
the penis of a stag. Shropsh.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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pin-cod
a pincushion.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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crank-pin
In steam machinery, it goes through both arms of the crank at their extremities; to this pin the con...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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pin-tail
The Anas acuta, a species of duck with a long pointed tail. Also, in artillery, the iron pin on the ...
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safety-pin
To secure the head of the capstan-bar.
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thole-pin
[from the Anglo-Saxon thol]. Certain pins in the gunwale of a boat, instead of the rowlock-poppets, ...
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pin-panniebly-fellow
a miserable, covetous, suspicious fellow, one who pins up or fastens his paniers and baskets. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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nine-pin block
A block in that form, mostly used for a fair-leader under the cross-pieces of the forecastle and qua...
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every inch of that!
An exclamation to belay a rope without rendering it.
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