pine-stove 
pine-stove ipin'siov), n. Same M pinery, 1. 
pine-thistle (pto'this/1), . A plant, Carma 
(Atnirtyli.*) y urn in if era, the root of which 
abounds with a gummy matter, which exudes 
when it is wounded. It grows In the south of Eu- 
rope, where the flower stalks are dressed with oil and used 
a* food. 
pynetre, < 
aa pe, ._ ne-ree cod. See nx.- Pine-tree 
money, silver coins (the 
-lulling and smaller de- 
nominations) of Massa- 
chusetts, struck In the Ut- 
ter half of the seventeenth 
century, and bearing the 
device of a pine-tree. 
These piece* were known 
In their early day* as Bos- 
ton or Bay MUingt, etc. 
The first application we 
find of the name of pint 
to them was in May, 16M<>. 
Crosby, Early Coins of 
America (1878), p. 62. 
Pine-tree State, the 
State of Maine : so called 
In allusion to its extensive 
pine-forest*. 
pinetum (pi-ne'tum), 
n. [L. (>lt.pineto,pi- 
neta), a pine-grove, < 
pinu#, pine : see pint' 1 , 
.] 1. A plantation 
or collection of grow- 
ing pine-trees of dif- 
ferent kinds, especi- 
ally one designed for 
ornamental or scien- 
tific purposes. 2. A 
.treatise on the pines: 
as, Gordon's Pinetum. 
pine-warbler (pin'war'bler), n. A small mi- 
gratory insectivorous bird of North America, 
Dendrteca pinus or rigorsi, belonging to the 
4498 
pin-fire (pin'fir), a. 1. Noting a cartridge for 
breech-loading guns, invented by Lefaucheux 
in 1836. Within a recess of the metal bane of the car- 
tridge, whose body Is of paper, Is placed a percussion-cap, 
the open end of which faces a hole in the side of the base. 
Into this hole Is loosely fitted a brass firing-pin, which 
penetrates the cap and, when the cartridge Is placed in 
the itun and the breech closed, projects through a small 
hole or recess In the barrel. The hammer of the lock 
mod- 
cap. This cartridge is considered the 
ern central fire and rim-fire cartridges. 
Fine-tree Shilling. 1653. British Mu- 
seum. ( Size of the original.) 
Pine-warbler (DfMjreeca final or 1'ifvrti;. 
(family of wood-warblers (Mniotiltidie or Kylvi- 
coltda). It Is about 6 Inches long, of an olive-green 
color above and dull-yellow below, with white blotches on 
the tail-feather*. It Is one of the most abundant of Its 
tribe In some parts of the United States, especially In 
pine-wood* of southern localities. 
pineweed (pin'wed), . Hy/>erirum nudicaule: 
same as orange-grass. 
pine-weevil (pin'we'vl), n. A curculio, Pis- 
nodes utrobi, which lays its eggs on the terminal 
shoots of the white pine, into which its lame 
bore. 
pine-wool (pln'wul). n. Same as pine-needle 
icool (which see, under pine-needle). 
pine-worm (pin'werm), n. The larva of a saw- 
fly of the gcnuH Lophiirn*. L, abbatti commonly In- 
fest* the white pine In the I'nlted States, and L. leemtei 
the Austrian, Scotch, and pitch pine. 
piney, . See /d'w.v 1 . 
pin-eyed (pin'Id), a. Having the capitate stig- 
ma at tin- throat of the corolla, the stamens 
standing lower : noting, for instance, the long- 
styled form of the cowslip, Primula reris. and 
2. Noting a breech-loading gun in which a pin- 
fire cartridge is used pin-ftre cartridge, a car- 
trldgeforbreech-loadingguns. Seedef. 1. Also called pin- 
cartridgr. Pln-flre gun. a breech-loading gun In which 
a pin-fire cartridge is used. 
pinfish (pin'fish), n. 1. A sparoid fish, Lago- 
don rhomboides, related to the scup and sheeps- 
head, common along the southern coast of the 
United States. The body Is elliptic-ovate and com- 
pressed, the head Is pointed, the upper molars are in two 
rows, the incisors are broad and emarginated at the apex, 
and there is a precumbent spine in front of the dorsal fin. 
The color is olive, with silvery sides, six dark vertical bare, 
a large dark blotch over the pectoral fin, and faint blue 
and golden stripes on the sides. Also locally called chopa- 
ipina, bream, robin, Milan' choice, and iquirrcl-juh. See 
cnt under Lagodon. 
2. A sparoid fish, Diplodus holbrooki, like the 
Lagodon rhomboides, but with entire teeth. 3. 
A small sunfish of the United States, as the 
copper-nosed bream, Lepomis pallidus. 
pin-flat (piu'flat), n. 1. A small disk of double 
cardboard covered with some textile material so 
arranged that pins can be stuck into the edge. 
2. A scow carrying a square sail. Sportsman's 
Gazetteer. [Canada.] 
pinfold (pin'fold), n. [Also penf old; < ME.pyn- 
f aide, punfolde, ponfolde, pondfolde, pyndefolde; 
< pin, pound? (cf. derived verb pina), + fold?.'} 
1 . A place in which stray cattle are tempora- 
rily confined ; a pound. 
Heo hath hulpe a thonsande oute of the deneles ponfolde. 
fun Plowman (B), v. 633. 
His pledge goes to the pinfold. 
Jolly Finder of WoJufield (Child's Ballads, v. 206). 
2. A fold or inclosure for animals. 
The cattle slept as he went out to the pinfold by the light 
of the stars. The Atlantic, LXI. 661. 
For thepenfold [In which was a lion] surrounded a hollow 
Which led where the eye scarce dared follow. 
Browning, The Glove. 
pinfoldt (pin'fold), v. t. [< pinfold, .] To 
confine in a pound or pinfold; impound. 
Had this beene the course In the Primitive time, the 
Gospel had been tiinf aided up In a few Cities, and not spread 
as It Is. N. Ward, Simple Cooler, p. 46. 
pin-footed (pin'fut'ed), a. Having pinnate 
feet; having the toes lobate, as a oird; fin- 
footed. 
ping (ping), v. i. [Imitative.] To produce a 
sound like that of a rifle-bullet whistling 
through the air. 
ping (ping), n. [< ping, .] The whistling 
sound made by a bullet, as from a rifle, in pass- 
ing through the air. 
The ping of the rifle bullet or crack of the shot gun have 
charms that never tire. IT. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 479. 
pingle 1 1 (ping'gl). n. [Perhaps a var. otpightle, 
piflcleS.} A small piece of inclosed ground. 
The academy, a little pingle, or plot of ground, . . . was 
the habitation of Plato, Xenocrates, and Polemon. 
North, tr. of Plutarch, p. 226. (Latham.) 
pingle 2 (ping'gl), r. i. ; pret. and pp. pingled, 
ppr. pinglinp. [Orig. obscure.] To eat with 
little appetite. [Prov. Eng.] 
pingler't(ping'gl*r),n. [Prob.< pingle 1 + -erl.] 
A cart-horse ; a work-horse. 
Perverslle doe they alwales thlnke of their lovers, and 
talkeof them scomefullle, judging all to bee clownes which 
be not courtier*, and all to bepinylrrt that be not coursers. 
Lyly, Euphues, Anat of Wit, p. 109. 
pingler 2 (ping'gler), n. [< pingle* + -erl.] 
" -- Ba ts wit 1 - ""' - 1 -'*- 
Pinicola 
Pinguicula (ping-gwik'u-lft), . fNL. (in sense 
1 so named by GesnerJ l541, with ref. to the 
popular name bu-ttencort), < L. pinguiculus, fat- 
tisn, < pinguis, fat: see pinguid.} 1. Agenusof 
gamopetalous plants of the order Lentibulariete, 
characterized by the spreading posterior corol- 
la-lobe, the four- to five-parted calyx, and the 
terminal one-celled anthers. There are over 30 
species, widely dispersed throughout northern temperate 
regions, and In the Andes to antarctic climates. They are 
stainless herbs of moist places, with a rosette of radical 
leaves, and erect leafless scapes bearing a single purple, 
violet, yellow, or whitish flower. The broad entire leaves 
have a peculiar surface as of little crystalline drop*. The 
irritation of foreign bodies causes the leaf -margins to roll 
inward, imprisoning insect* caught upon the stlckysurf ace, 
and assisting in the absorption of their softer parts. Com- 
pare Utrieularia, a related insectivorous plant. Six spe- 
cie* occur In North America, mostly either high northern 
or near the southern coast, of which latter P. luiea Is the 
yellow butterwort, a showy plant of the pine-barrens. See 
butterwort (with cut) and earning-yrasi. Also Pinguecula. 
2. [I. c.] A plant of this genus. 3. [I. c.] A 
small painless tumor of the conjunctiva, usu- 
ally situated close to the edge of the cornea. 
Also called interpalpebral blotch. 
pinguid (ping'gwid), a. [With unorig. term. 
-id (appar. in imitation of liquid, etc.); = Sp. 
Pg. It. pingue, < L. pinguis, fat.] Fat; unctu- 
ous. 
finguid juice to nourish and feed the body. 
Evelyn, Acetaria. 
A pinguid turgid stile.** Tully calls the Asiatic Rhetoric. 
A. Tucker, Light of Nature, n. 111. 29. 
pinguidinous (ping-gwid'i-nus), a. [Also pin- 
guedinous = Sp. It. pinguedinoso, < L. pinguedo 
(pinguedin-), fatness, < pinguis, fat: see pin- 
guid.'] Containing fat ; fatty ; adipose ; greasy ; 
unctuous. Coles, 1717. 
pinguin 1 t, " An obsolete form of penguin*. 
pinguin 2 (ping'gwin), n. Same as penguin^. 
Pinguipedina (ping'gwi-pe-di'nS), n.pl. [NL., 
< Pinguipes (-ped~) + -tna*.] A group of trachi- 
noid fishes, named from the genus Pinguipes; 
in GUnther's system, the third group of Trachi- 
nidte, having eyes lateral, the lateral line con- 
tinuous, and a large tooth on the posterior part 
of the intermaxillary. 
Pinguipedinse (ping'gwi-pf-di'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
< Pinguipes (-ped~) + -tn#.] A subfamily of 
latiloid fishes, typified by the genus Pinguipes. 
pinguipedine (ping-gwip'e-din), a. and n. I. a. 
Of or pertaining to the subfamily Pinguipedinte. 
H. n. A member of this group. 
Pinguipes (ping'gwi-pez), . [NL. (Cuvier), < 
L. pinguis, fat, + pes = E. foot.} The typical 
genus of Pinguipedina, containing latiloid fishes 
whose ventral fins are covered with a thick mem- 
brane, whence the name. 
pinguite (ping'gwit), n. [< L. pinguis, fat, + 
-j'te*.] A soft oil-green variety of the hydrous 
iron silicate chloropal. 
pinguitude (ping'gwi-tud), n. [< \j.j>inguitudo, 
fatness, < pinguis, fat: see pinguid.] Fatness; 
a growing fat. 
pinhead (pin'hed), n. The head of a pin ; hence, 
anything very small. 
pin-headed (pin'hed'ed), a. Having a head 
like that of a pin; specifically, in hot., same as 
pin-eyed. 
pinhead-sight (pin'hed-sit), n. Same as bead- 
sight. 
pinbold (pin'hold), n. A place at which a pin 
holds or makes fast. 
pinhole (pin'hol), n. 1. A small hole made by 
the puncture or perforation of a pin ; hence, any 
very small aperture. 2. A minute perforation 
or transparency, as if made with the point of a 
pin, of which great numbers sometimes appear 
in the film of a photographic negative from some 
chemical defect or fault in manipulation. 
False pinhole, in pillow-lace making, one of those pin- 
holes on the Inner side of a rounded strip, as of a collar, 
which are used to fix the outer curve by carrying the bob- 
norisUwhocultlTaUthePolyanthnsandAnrlcuUhaTe 
aware of the two kinds of flowers, and they call 
raSS (pm gras), n. The stork's-blll. 
Dartrin, Different Forms of Flowers, p. 14. 
pin-feather (piii'fi-vii'er), . See feather. 
pin-feathered (pin'ft'TH'erd), o. Covered with 
pin-fi-iithcrx; not fully fledged: said of young 
birds acquiring their first plumage after tin- 
downy state, and of old birds renewing tlu-ir 
plumage during the molt : sometimes used 
figuratively. 
Hourly we sec some mpinfeather'd thing 
Attempt to mount, and fight* and heroes ulnx. 
Who for false quantities was whlpt at school. 
Drydm, tr. of Persia** Satires, I. 
Pingstert, n. and a. See Im**^. 
Pinguecula (ping-gwek'u-lft), n. Same as Ptw- 
iiviruln, 1. 
pinguefyt (ping'gwe-fi), r. t. [Also;>n<7ui/y; < 
L. ping uef acere, make fat, < pinguis, fat (see 
pinguid), + faeere, make (see -fy).~\ To fatten. 
The oyl or ointment wherewith women use to anoint the 
hair of their head hath a certain property In It topingv\fy 
wlthall. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 44. 
There are they who take pleasure in the Incence, fumes. 
and nldour* of sacrifice*; wherewith their corporeal and 
spirituous part I* a* It were pinguittd. 
Cudvnrth, Intellectual System, p. 810. 
Also called falte flitch. 
pinic (pi'nik), a. [= F. pinigue; as pine 1 + 
-ic.] Pertaining to or derived from the pine- 
tree; noting one of the acids found in resin : 
as, pinic acid. 
Pinicola (pi-nik'o-lji), n. [NL., < L. pinus, a 
pine, pine-tree^ + eolere, inhabit.] 1. A genus 
of fnngilline birds of the family Fringillids, the 
type of which is /'. enucleator; the pine-gros- 
l-;iks. The bill Is short, obtuse, and turgid, like a hull- 
finch's ; the nostrils are hidden by tufts of nasal plumules : 
the wings and titll are \\\\i the former pointed, the l:itt i 
emarginate ; and the feet are small. The male is chiefly 
dull-carmine or lake-red, shaded with black and gray In 
some places, and varied with white. The female Is gray, 
heightened In some places with smffron-yellnw. The genus 
