4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinion  \Pin"ion\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  moth  of  the  genus  {Lithophane},  as  {L.  antennata},  whose 
  larva  bores  large  holes  in  young  peaches  and  apples. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinion  \Pin"ion\,  n.  [OF.  pignon  a  pen,  F.,  gable,  pinion  (in 
  sense  5);  cf  Sp  pi[~n]on  pinion;  fr  L.  pinna  pinnacle, 
  feather,  wing.  See  {Pin}  a  peg,  and  cf  {Pen}  a  feather, 
  {Pennat},  {Pennon}.] 
  1.  A  feather;  a  quill.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  A  wing,  literal  or  figurative. 
 
  Swift  on  his  sooty  pinions  flits  the  gnome.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  The  joint  of  bird's  wing  most  remote  from  the  body. 
  --Johnson. 
 
  4.  A  fetter  for  the  arm.  --Ainsworth. 
 
  5.  (Mech.)  A  cogwheel  with  a  small  number  of  teeth,  or 
  leaves,  adapted  to  engage  with  a  larger  wheel,  or  rack 
  (see  {Rack});  esp.,  such  a  wheel  having  its  leaves  formed 
  of  the  substance  of  the  arbor  or  spindle  which  is  its 
  axis. 
 
  {Lantern  pinion}.  See  under  {Lantern}. 
 
  {Pinion  wire},  wire  fluted  longitudinally,  for  making  the 
  pinions  of  clocks  and  watches.  It  is  formed  by  being  drawn 
  through  holes  of  the  shape  required  for  the  leaves  or 
  teeth  of  the  pinions. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pinion  \Pin"ion\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pinioned};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Pinioning}.] 
  1.  To  bind  or  confine  the  wings  of  to  confine  by  binding  the 
  wings.  --Bacon. 
 
  2.  To  disable  by  cutting  off  the  pinion  joint.  --Johnson. 
 
  3.  To  disable  or  restrain,  as  a  person,  by  binding  the  arms, 
  esp.  by  binding  the  arms  to  the  body.  --Shak. 
 
  Her  elbows  pinioned  close  upon  her  hips.  --Cowper. 
 
  4.  Hence  generally,  to  confine;  to  bind;  to  tie  up 
  ``Pinioned  up  by  formal  rules  of  state.''  --Norris. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pinion 
  n  1:  a  gear  with  a  small  number  of  teeth  designed  to  mesh  with  a 
  larger  wheel  or  rack 
  2:  any  of  the  larger  wing  or  tail  feathers  of  a  bird  [syn:  {flight 
  feather},  {quill},  {quill  feather}] 
  3:  wing  of  a  bird  [syn:  {pennon}] 
  v  1:  bind  the  arms  of  [syn:  {shackle}] 
  2:  cut  the  wings  off  (of  birds) 

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