Pinchiog-tongs. 
a, jaws; b, b , handles pivoted toge- 
ther at <-. 
pincher 
The titmouse foretells cold when crying Pincher. 
H'iitj'iinl, Nature's Secrets, p. 13*2. 
pin-cherry (pin'cher'i), . The wild red cher- 
ry, PriniHx 1't iin.tylvanica, found in the northern 
United States, etc. It is a small tree with clusters 
of small acid fruits, sometimes used domestically and In 
cough-mixtures. Also pigeon-cherry. 
pinchers (pin'cherz), n. sing, and pi. [An ac- 
com. form of pincers, after pincher.] 1 . Same 
as pincers. 2. A tool for splicing wire rigging. 
pinchflst (pinch 'fist), n. [< pinch, v., 4- obj. 
fist 1 .] A niggard ; a miser. 
pinchgut (pinch'gut), n. [< pinch, v., + gut.] 
A miserly person. 
pinching-bar (pin'ching-biir),n. Same aspincft- 
oar. 
pinching-bug (pin'ching-bug), i. The dobsou 
or hellgrammite. [Western Pennsylvania.] 
pinchingly (pin'chiiig-li), adv. Sparingly; par- 
simoniously. 
Giving stingily and pinchingly, now and then a little 
pocket-money or so, to run the hazard of being transgress- 
ors of the commandment, and having our portion among 
the covetous and unmerciful. Abp. Sharp, Works, I. vii. 
pinching-nut (pin'ching-nut), n. A pinch-nut, 
jam-nut, check-nut, or lock-nut, 
pinehing-pin (pin'ching-pin), n. In a steam- 
engine, a part of the usual device for keeping 
a slide-valve packed or tight upon its seat. 
E. H. Knight. 
pinching-tongs (pin'ehing-tdngz), n. sing, and 
pi. In glass-making, 
a kind of tongs used 
in the manufacture 
of chandelier-pen- 
dants, etc. Each jaw 
of the tongs is a die, the 
two jaws when closed 
forming a mold within 
which the plastic glass 
1* compressed. The hole for the wire which suspends the 
drop is formed by a piercer which is inserted into the mold 
through the ends of the jaws. 
pincho(pin'chd), n. [S.Ainer.] A South Amer- 
ican marmoset, Midas cedipus. 
pinchpenny (pinch'pen'i), n.; pi. pinchpennicn 
(-iz). [<ptcA, v., + obj. penny.] A niggard. 
They accompt one . . . u pynch penny it hebenotprod- 
ygall. Lyly, Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 109. 
pinch-plane (pinch'plan), . A singularity of 
a surface consisting of a generating plane in 
the developable envelop of the planes having 
double contact with the surface where the two 
points of contact coincide Double pinch-plane, 
a singularity arising from the coincidence of two pinch- 
planes. 
pinch-point (piuch'point), w. A singularity of 
a surface consisting of a point on a double line 
or nodal curve where the two tangent-planes 
coincide Double pinch-point, a singularity arising 
from the coincidence of two pinch-points. 
pinch-spotted (pinch'spof'ed), a. Discolored 
from having been pinched, as the skin. Shak., 
Tempest, iv. 1. 261. 
pinckanyt, Same as pigsney. 
John. Prithee, little pinckany, bestow this Jewell a me. 
Heywood, If you Know uot Me (Works, ed. Pearson, I. 308). 
Pinckneya (pingk'ni-a), n. [NL. (Richard, 
1803), named after Charles Cotesworth Pinck- 
ney, a South Carolinian statesman.] A genus of 
small gamopetalous trees of the order Rubiacex 
and tribe Condamineee, type of the subtribe 
Pinckneyese, characterized by the woolly corol- 
la-lobes and calyx-tube, and by having one sepal 
dilated into a large rose-colored leaf-like blade. 
The only species, P. pubens, Is a native of the southern 
United States (In the Carolinas and Florida). It bears 
roundish and closely woolly branchlets, with large thin op- 
posite leaves, and showy pink- and purple-spotted flowers 
in axillary and terminal corymbs, made more conspicuous 
by the pinkish bracts, which are ovate and leaf-like and 
reach 2 inches in length, the flowers 1J Inches. See/eiwr- 
tree, 2, and Georgia baric (under 6ar*2). 
pin-clover (pin'klo'ver), n. Same as alfilerilla. 
pin-connection (pin'ko-nek'shon), n. In an 
iron or steel bridge, a connection of the parts 
by the use of pins, in contradistinction to con- 
nections made with turn-buckles, rivets, etc. 
This method of connecting parts of bridges is 
believed to be of American origin. 
pin-cop (pin'kop), H. A roll of yarn, shaped like 
a pear, used for the weft in power-looms. 
pine-pine (pingk'pingk), . [Imitative; cf. 
p*M0 A name of the reed-warbler, I>ry- 
moeca or Cist/cola sehtenicla, and of other Afri- 
can warblers of the same genus. One of them, D. 
textrii, is remarkable for building a beautiful nest> some- 
thing like that of the lung-tailed titmouse, with a supple- 
mentary nest outside for the use of the male. See cut in 
next column. 
pincurtlet, ". A pinafore. HaUiwell. [Prov. 
Bug.] 
Fine-pine >,L>rymaria ttxtrix). 
pincushion (pin'kush'on), n. 1. A cushion 
into which pins are stuck when not in use. 
[The first quotation refers to the originally high 
value of pins.] 
Beggar myself with purse and pineuthion, 
When she that Is the mistress may be mine? 
Nhirteii. Witty Fair One, Hi 2. 
Thou art a Retailer of Phrases, and dost deal In Rem- 
nant* of Remnants, like a Maker of Pincuthiont. 
Congrece, Way of the World, iv. 8. 
2. A plant of the genus Scabiosa, the scabious : 
so called with reference to the soft convex 
flower-head. Also applied locally to variou* other 
plant*, as the snowball. Viburnum Opulut, sometimes 
called pincuthion-tree. Robin-redbreast's pincush- 
ion. Same a* bedegar. 
pind (pind), v. t. [< ME. pynden, < AS. *pyn- 
dan, incomp./or-pyndaH,putinapound,pound, 
< pund, pound: see pound"*. Cf. pend*, pen 1 , 
i2.] To impound, as cattle, shut up or con- 
fine in a pound. 
pindal (pin'dal), n. [Also {rinda, pindar, pinder: 
said to be of 'African origin.] The groundnut 
or peanut, Arachis hypoyaa. [Southern U. S. 
and West Indies.] 
pindar't, . Same as pinder 1 . 
pindar'' 2 , Same as pindal. 
pindara (pin-da'rft), n. [< Hind. Pindara, < 
Canareso Pindara", I'enddri, Marathi Pinddri, 
etc.: see pindaree.] Same as mndaree. 
,;jn- (pin-dar'e), n. [Also pindarry; ( 
pine 
Pindarist (pin'dllr-ist), w. [< Pindar + -int.] 
An imitator of Pindar. Johnson. 
pindarry (pin-dar'i), . Same as pindaree. 
pinder 1 (pin'der), n. [Early mod. E. also poin- 
der, also pinner, punner; < blE.i>yndrr,)iyndare; 
< pind + -er l . Cf. pounder*.] The officer of 
a manor whose duty it waa to impound stray 
cattle. 
With that they eipy'd the jolly pinder, 
As he sat under a thorn. 
" Now turn again, turn again," said the pinder, 
For a wrong way you hare gone. 
Jolly Pinder o/ Watt fit Id (Child * Ballad*, V. 206). 
The aoinder chafe* and swears to see beait* In the corn, 
yet ill pull up a (take, or cut a tether, to flnd supply for 
his pin-fold. Ret. T. Adamt. Works, I. 163. 
lu the country, at every court leet, ale-ta*ters were ap- 
pointed, with the pinder or pounder, etc, 
S. DoweU, Taxes In England, IV. 56. 
pinder 2 (pin'der), n. Same as pindal. 
The words by which the peanut 1* known In part* of the 
South goober Aiid pinder are of African origin. 
Jour. Amer. FoUc-lare, II. 162. 
pindjajap (pin'ja-jap), n. A boat of Sumatra 
and the Malay archipelago, with from one to 
three masts, generally two, carrying square 
Pindjajap of Sumatra. 
sails, and having much overhang or projection 
at both stem and stern. Pindjajaps are employed In 
bringing spices, etc. , to the port* frequented by Europeans, 
jind were also titled out as pirate vessels. 
See nalm'*. 
and rapacity. They first appeared about the end of 
the seventeenth century, and Infested the possessions of 
the East India Company and the surrounding country In 
the eighteenth century. They were disorderly and mer- 
cenary horsemen, organized for indiscriminate raiding and 
looting. They were dispersed in 1817 by the Marquis of 
Hastings, then governor-general. 
Pindaric (pin-dar'ik), a. and . [= F. pin- 
darique = Sp. Pg. It. Pindarico, < L. Pindaricux, 
< Gr. Uiv6apiic6c, < nivdapof, Pindar (see def.).] 
I. a. Of or pertaining to Pindar, one of the 
first of Greek lyric poets (about 522 to 443 
B. c.), or resembling or characteristic of his 
style. 
Almighty crowd ! thou shortenest all dispute, . . . 
Thou leap'st o'er all eternal truths In thy Pindaric way ! 
Dryden, The Medal, 1. 94. 
You will flnd, by the account which I have already 
given you, that my compositions In gardening are alto- 
gether after the Pindaric manner, ana run Into the beau- 
tiful wlldneas of nature, without affecting the nicer ele- 
gancies of art. Addimn, Spectator, No. 477. 
It was a strange misconception that led people for cen- 
turies to use the word Pindaric and irregular as synony- 
mous terms; whereas the very essence of the odes of Pin- 
dar ... is their regularity. Kncyc. Brit., XIX. 270. 
Pindaric hendecasyllablc. See hendecatyllabic. 
II. n. An ode in imitation of the odes of Pin- 
dar ; an ode in irregular or constantly chang- 
ing meter. Addison. 
I sometimes see supreme beauty In Pindar, but English 
Pindaric! are to me Incomprehensible. 
C. A. Ward, N. and Q., 6th *er., IX. 68. 
Pindarical (pin-dar'i-kal), o. [< Pindaric + 
-al.] Same as Pindaric". 
You may wonder, sir (for this seems a little too extrava- 
gant and pindarical for proseX what I mean by all this 
preface. Coirtey, The Garden. 
Pindarism (pin'dar-izm), . [= f.pindarisme; 
< Pindar + -fern.]' Imitation of Pindar. 
Pindarimi prevailed about half a century, but at last 
died gradually away, and other Imitations supply it* place. 
Johraun, Cowley. 
A *ort of intoxication of style a Pindarim, to use a 
word formed from the name of the poet on whom, above 
all other poets, the power of style seems to have exercised 
an inspiring and intoxicating effect. 
M. Arnold, Study of Celtic Literature, p. 144. 
The little particles of pintlwt, when mingled with sand, 
cannot, by their mingling, make it lighter. Sir K. Digby. 
pine 1 (pin), n. [< ME.pine,pyne,pin, < AH. *pi, 
incomf.pinbcam,jnntreow, pine-tree, =D.pijn- 
(boom) = MHO. pine(boum), pin(boum) (G. pinie 
= Sw. Dan. pinie) = F. Pr. pin = Sp. It. pino = 
Pg. pinho = IT. pin(chrann), < L. pinvs, pine; 
prob. orig. *picntts,<.pii(pic-), pitch: seepitr* 2 . 
Cf. Gr. irlrtif, pine.] 1. Any tree of the genus 
Pitntx. The pines are evergreens ranging In size from 
that of a low bush up to a height of 800 feet. Some of 
them are of the highest economic importancefrom thetiin- 
ber obtained from them, which, though not of the finest 
cabinet quality Is very extensively used In all kinds of con- 
struction. In this regard the most Important species are 
In Europe, the Scotch pine ; In North America, the (Cana- 
dian) red pine, the common white pine, the long-leafed 
fine, the yellow pine of the ea*t, and that of the we*t ; in 
ml hi , the Bhutan, chlr, and Kbasian pine* : and In Japan, 
the matsu (Japanese pine). (See below.) The resinous pro- 
duct* of some are of great value (see pitch!, tar, turpen- 
tine, retin, abietene, auitralene ; also Aleppo pine, clutler- 
pint, Cortican pine, longJea/cd pine, Mugko pine, and fon- 
pine all below, and chir); and some specie* are useful 
for their edible seeds (see nut-pine). See also/ir-trooj, and 
pine-needle wool (under pine-needle). 
2. One of various other coniferous trees, as the 
Moreton Bay pine and the Oregon pine (see be- 
low) ; also, one of a few small plants suggest- 
ing the pine. See ground-pine. 3. The wood 
of any pine-tree. 4. The pineapple Aleppo 
pine, a middle-sized tree, Pinug ffalepentit, of Mediter- 
ranean Europe and Aala, occurring along with the Lebanon 
cedars. It produce* a useful wood, and Is the source of the 
Aleppo turpentine. Amboyna pine, Agathit (Dammar a, 
orientalit. Also called dammar-pine. See Dammara. 
Austrian pine, a rather tall tree. Pima nigricant, of Aus- 
tria, etc., having long dark glossy- foliage, and resinous 
wood of moderate worth. Also called black pine. Bas- 
tard pine. Same a* lUuk-pine. Bhutan or Bhotan 
pine, Pinut cxcelta, of the Himalayas and Afghanistan, a 
symmetrical tree growing 150 feet high, with a valuable 
wood, close-grained and easily worked. Also called lofty 
pine. A native name is kail. Bishop's pine. Same as 
(Jbitpapine.- Black pine, (a) Pimir Murrayana, a tree 
of moderate size and worth, of Pacific North America. Also 
called tamarack, lodge -pole pine, ridge-pole pine, and rpruce- 
pine. (b) Same a* Auttrian pine, (c) Same as bull-pint 
(a), (ft Same as mini. Brazilian pine, Araucaria Bra- 
tilientu. a fine tree growing 100 feet high, which forms 
large forests In southern Brazil. It* seeds are large and 
