Pinion

Definition:

  • (n.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
  • (n.) A feather; a quill.
  • (n.) A wing, literal or figurative.
  • (n.) The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
  • (n.) A fetter for the arm.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
  • (v. t.) To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
  • (v. t.) To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
  • (v. t.) Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

Compare pinion with other words:

inion vs. pinion

minion vs. pinion

opinion vs. pinion

pinion vs. unpinion

mobile vs. pinion

administrator vs. pinion

cogwheel vs. pinion

gear vs. pinion

arm vs. pinion

fetter vs. pinion

lithophane vs. pinion

genus vs. pinion

moth vs. pinion

feather vs. pinion

bird vs. pinion

pinion vs. wing

pennon vs. pinion

leaf vs. pinion

mail vs. pinion