Belaying pin

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• Belaying

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Belay>>. ...

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• Pin

  ·noun Mood; humor. II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin. III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint. IV....

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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

• belaying pins

  Small wooden or iron cylinders, fixed in racks in different parts of the ship, for belaying running ...

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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...

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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...

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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

• pin basket

  The youngest child. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pin money

  An allowance settled on a married woman for her pocket expences. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• pin-bush

  n. i.q. Needle-bush (q.v.) ...

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• linch-pin

  the penis of a stag. Shropsh. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• inch-pin

  the penis of a stag. Shropsh. ...

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• pin-cod

  a pincushion. ...

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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...

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• lins pin

  See linch ...

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• pin-maul

  See maul. ...

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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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• 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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