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8 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pin \Pin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinned}; p. pr & vb n. {Pinning}.] [See {Pin}, n.] To fasten with or as with a pin; to join as to pin a garment; to pin boards together. ``As if she would pin her to her heart.'' --Shak. {To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon to trust to From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pin \Pin\, v. t. (Metal Working) To peen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pin \Pin\, v. t. [Cf. {Pen} to confine, or {Pinfold}.] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pin \Pin\, n. [OE. pinne, AS pinn a pin, peg; cf D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir pinne; all fr L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast --Milton. 2. Especially, a small pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc 3. Hence a thing of small value; a trifle. He . . . did not care a pin for her --Spectator. 4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use as: a A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. b A linchpin. c A rolling-pin. d A clothespin. e (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of {Knuckle joint}, under {Knuckle}. f (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence the center. [Obs.] ``The very pin of his heart cleft.'' --Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] ``In merry pin.'' --Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See {Caligo}. --Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as to knock one off his pins. [Slang] {Banking pin} (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. {Pin drill} (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. {Pin grass}. (Bot.) See {Alfilaria}. {Pin hole}, a small hole made by a pin; hence any very small aperture or perforation. {Pin lock}, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. {Pin money}, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. {Pin rail} (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the {fife rail}. Called also {pin rack}. {Pin wheel}. a A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. b (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pin n 1: a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment 2: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn: {fall}] 3: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc [syn: {peg}] 4: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks" [syn: {peg}, {stick}] 5: a short shaft that supports something that turns [syn: {pivot}] 6: two-part cylindrical tumblers held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown 7: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green [syn: {flag}] 8: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things 9: a device attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {peg}, {thole}, {tholepin}, {rowlock}, {oarlock}] 10: a club-shaped wooden object; set up in groups as a target [syn: {bowling pin}] v 1: attach with or as if with a pin [syn: {pin down}, {pin up}] 2: to hold fast or prevent from moving "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" [syn: {trap}, {immobilize}] 3: attach or fasten with pins [ant: {unpin}] 4: pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly" 5: immobilize a piece, in chess From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: PIN {Personal Identification Number} From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PIN Personal Identification Number (banking, ICC) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PIN Processor Independent Netware (Novell, HP DEC, Apple, Sun)
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