pinnace 4501 
capable of being propelled by oars; a galley: pinnaget (pin'aj), n. [For 'pindage, < pind + 
so called because built of pine wood ; poeti- -age. Cf . equiv.jx>urfn2.] Poundage of eat- 
cally, any light sailing-vessel. tie. See pound*. 
Thou canst safely steer Pinnata (pi-na'tft), . pi. [NL.. < L. pinnatux, 
My vent'rous Pinna to her wished Peer. feathered : see pinnate.] In herpet., the marine 
Water, tr. of Uu Bartas's Weeks, IL, Eden. ch elonians; turtles witn flipped Or fins. See 
His fourth Son Edwyn was by his Brother Athelstan, Euereta 
out of Jealoiisle of State, put into a little IHnnace, with- n <nnafaV ;,,'5f\ r v ~j 
out either Tackle or Oars. Baker, Chronicles, p. . PiMate (pin at), a. [= F. pi 
This yeere Master Stickles, the exellent Architect of our 7"^:.'.^""^'' , P} 1 "^ 1 ^ '^ 
time, did, onely to try conclusion, build a pinnace In Lea- 
den hall, being of burden about flue or slxe tun, which at 
pinnisected 
, 
pleasure might bee taken asunder and ioyned together. 
Stow, Elizabeth, an. 1695. 
There came from Virginia Into Salem a pinnace of eigh- 
teen tons, laden with corn and tobacco. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 67. 
Swift as a swallow sweeps the liquid way, 
The winged pinnace shot along the sea. I'ope. 
(b) A large double-banked ship's boat. 2f. A 
procuress ; a prostitute. [Old slang.] 
For when all the gallants are gone out o' th' town, 
O then these fine pinacet lack their due lading. 
Sonffio/the London Prentices, p. 60. ill, ill in, II.) 
She hath been before me punk, pinnace, and bawd 
any time these two and twenty years, upon record In the 
Pie-Poudreu. B. Joiuan, Bartholomew Fair, L 1. 
Four Pinneri to help narrow foreheads and long Nose*, 
and very forward, to make the Eyes look languishing. 
Mn. Centlirrr, Platonick Lady, III. 
It will neither be your crimped pinnrrt, Mrs. Llllas 
(speaking of them with due respect), nor my silver hair. 
or golden chain, that will fill up the void which Koland 
Uraeme must needs leave In our lady's leisure. 
Scott, Abbot, vi. 
= f P^fiwfo pinner 2 * (pin'er), n. f < ,rin*, t.,+ -er 1 ; ult. a 
var. of pinder 1 .] A pinder or pound-master. 
One George s-Oreenc, the Pinner of the town. 
ther in structure, (o) In 'bat., noting learn of such , 
form. Also pennate. (b) In entom., noting a surface (es- pinnett (pin et), n. [Dim. of L. puma, a pinna- 
peclally that of the posterior femora of grasshoppers) hav- cle: Me pin 1 .] A pinnacle. 
Ing minute parallel oblique line, on eacl, side of> centnU BUxed , ttlement ,, ^^ n|gn 
Blazed every rose-carved buttress fair. 
Scott, L. of I, M . vi. 23. 
< pinna, penna, feather: seeped*. Cf. pennate.] 
1. Shaped like a feather, or resembling a fea- 
ridge, so that the whole somewhat resembles a feather. 
2. ImuiU.: (a) Feathered; pinnated. (6) Pro- 
vided with a pinna or pinna; having wings, _. ., 
fins, or similar parts. _ Abruptly, alternately, de- . 
cursively, digltately pinnate. See the adverbs. -'*.J - 
Articulate-pinnate Teal, a winged leaf having the com- 
mon footstalk Jninted. Equally or Interruptedly pin- 
nate. Same as atirufitly pinnate. Oppositely pinnate 
leaf. See opnanteli/. Pinnate cirrose leaf, a leaf that 
is winged and terminates with a tendril. Pinnate leaf, a 
compound leaf whose leaflets, except the terminal one, are 
attached to the sides of the main or partial rachls. See 
cuts under Jacob' Bladder and Phiftelephas. Unequally 
'at-li) 
pinnate 
pinna, a pinnacle : see pin 1 .] 1. A sharp point 
or peak ; the very topmost point, as of a moun- J 
tain. lobed. Same as pinnatilobed. Innately nerved or 
He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and veined. Same as penninerve d. See cut under nervation. 
(pin'i-d), n. pi. [NL., < Pinna* + 
A family of bivalve mollusks, named 
from the genus Pinna; the pinna*. They are 
closely related to the Ariftilittte (with which they are 
united by some conchologlstsX but differ in having a tri- 
angular or mytlllform shell with two muscular scars, a 
linear ligament, and a hinge without teeth. The species 
are mostly Inhabitants of warm seas, hut one occurs in 
English waters. Also named I'inniiur as a subfamily of 
Amculidte. J. B. Gray, 1840. See cut under Pinna*. 
eaflet pinnie, . See pinny*. 
-Pin- pinnie winkle, . See pinnytcinkle. 
under pinniform (pin 'i-f firm), a. [= F. pinnifoniie, 
< L. pinna, feather, fin, + Jorma, form.] 1. 
Like a feather; penniform. 2. Like a fin or 
flipper: as, the pinniform wing of the penguin. 
3. Pinnate in form, in any sense ; alate: lo- 
bate; auriculate. 4. Resembling a mollusk 
of the genus Pinna. 
placed me on the top of it. Additon, Vision of Mirza. pinnatifid (pi-nat'i-fid), a. [Also pennatifid ; Pinnigrada (pi-iiig'ra-d8), ii.yi/. [NL., neut. pi. 
= F. pinuatijide, pennalifide = 
< L. in n n a tux, pinnate, + finders 
(V lid), cleave.] In hot., cut or 
cleft in a pinnate miinner, with 
the divisions half-way down or 
more, and the sinuses or lobes 
narrow or acute. Also /ninii- 
nected. 
of a building, or caps a'pro- pinnatilobate (pi-nat-i-ld'bat), a. 
jecting architectural mem- [< L. pinnatiis, pinnate, + NL. lo- 
batua, lobate. | Same as pinnati- 
lobed. 
pinnatilobed (pi-nat'i-16bd), a. [< 
pinnatilobf -f- -fd*.] In but., lobed 
in a pinnate manner that is, with 
the divisions extending more than 
half-way to the midrib, and with 
either sinuses or lobes rounded. 
See cut 7 under oak. 
Far off, three mountain-tops, 
Three silent pinnacle* of aged snow, 
Stood Biinset-Hush'd. Tennyton, Lotos-Eaters. 
2. In arch., any relatively small structure (of 
whatever form, but com- 
monly terminating in a cone 
or a pyramid) that rises 
above the roof or coping 
ber, such as a buttress, its 
constructive object is to give great- 
er weight to the member which it 
crowns, In order that this may bet- 
ter resist some lateral pressure. 
The application of the term is 
generally limited to an ornamental 
and often adorned with rich and 
varied devices. Pinnacles are very 
Finnattfull.eaf 
of t'etttattrta 
of pinnigradux : see piiinigrade.] 1. The cri- 
noids as an order of ecliinoderms. See Crinoi- 
dea. [Little used.] 2. In mammal., same as 
Pinnipedia. Otren. 
pinnigrade (pin'i-grad), a. anil H. [< NL. ;'- 
nigradiut, < L, jrinna, feather, fin. + gradi. walk, 
go.] I, a. Moving by means of fins, flippers, 
or other pinnate parts. 
II. n. A member of the Pinnigrada; a pin- 
niped. 
pinninerved(pin'i-nervd), a. [< L. pinna, fea- 
ther, + nernim, nerve, + -erf 2 .] In hot., same 
as penninerved. 
pinning (pin'ing), H. [Verbal n. of pin 1 , v.] 1. 
The act of fastening or securing with a pin. 
2. The masonry that supports studwork pin- 
ning in, the operation of filling in the Joints of masonry 
with spalls or chips of stone. Pinning up, In frt/tUtm/, 
the operation of driving In wedges for the purpose of bring. 
Ing an upper work to bear fully upon an underpinning con- 
structed beneath. 
' numerous in the fully developed pinnation (pi-na'shon), H. [< pinnate + -ion.] 
tin -i I ir <i'-il -f v L t In i f all a ft a -,i .- r - 
In hot., the state or condition of being pinnate, pinniped (pin'i-ped), a. and . [< L. pinna, 
pinnatipartite (pi-nat-i-piir'tit), a. [=F.;en- feather, fin, + pes (ped-) = E. foot.] I, a. 
Pinnacle nf Buttress, 
York Minster. Kngland. 
are sometimes paneled or quite 
plain; In examples of late date, ~ niitipartite ; < L. pinnatiia, pinnate, + partitas. 
SrteYn.rgao'.el' I-fed' see partite ] In hot parted fn a pin- 
are often crocketed, and have "ate manner that is, with the lobes extending 
almost but not quite to the midrib, 
pi-nat'i-ped), a. and n. 
flnlals at the apex. Pinnacles are 
most often square in plan, but are 
frockft. 
pin- 
a. Fin- 
Mony pyitaHe pnyntet watz poudred ay qnere, 
Among the castcl carnelez, clanibred so thik, 
That pared out of papure purely hit semed. 
Sir Uaieuyne ami the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 801. 
Some renown'd metropolis, 
With glistering spires &ntl pinnaclfi adorn'd. 
i P. 
Fin-footed, in any sense ; having feet like fins 
or flippers. Specifically (a) Having flippers, as a seal; 
pinnigrade; belonging to the Pinnigrada or Pinnipedia, 
as a mammal, (ft) Plunatlped or lobiped. as a bird; be- 
longing to the Itnnatipedes. (c) Totlpalmate or stega- 
nopodous, as a bird : belonging to the i'inniptdet (see 
I'inniprdet, 1 (6)). (rf) Having alate locomotory appen- 
dages, as a pteropod ; pteropodoaa. 
II, n. A member of the Pinnipedes or Pinni- 
pedia : opposed to fissiped. 
pinnate, + pes (ped-) = E. foot.] 
footed, as a bird; lobiped. 
II 11. One of the Piniiatipedes. ^ **-- -- , --- 
Pinnatipedes(pin-a-t>P'e-dez), n.pl. [NL., pi. Pinnipedes (pi-nip'e-dez), . pi. [NL., pi. of 
of pitiiuttipes : see pinnatiped.] Agroupofpm- ptnntpes: see pinniped.] 1. In ornith.: (a) 
natiped birds. Also Pinnipides. Schaeffer. ^ &me as Ptnnatipedes. (b) Same as Totipalma- 
r n< Vif n pinnatisect (pi-nat'i-sekt), a. [= F. pennati- tte or Steganopodes.Z. In mammal., same as 
.,.,.. ' xi-que; < L. mimafiw, pinnate, -f aectiu, pp. of P<nnipedia. 3. In i Crustacea, crabs which have 
pinnacle (pin'S-kl), . t. ; pret. and pp. ptn- se ' cut -f ^ 6 o< .,pi nnate l y divide/; cut some of the limbs like flippers, fitted for swim- 
Hiteled , ppr piniHteltng. [< ME. pynaklen; < ite down to the mi d5rib, but with the seg- mmg; the paddle-crabs, shuttle-crabs, or swim- 
/',""""'' "] . 1- To P a pinnacle or pinna- men ts not articulated. Also pinnatisected. tning-crabs. See cut under paddle-erab. 
furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. p in. na tulate (pi-nat'u-lat), a. [< LL. 'pinnatu- Pinmpdia (pin-i-pe'di-ft), n. pi. [NL., neut, 
to, pinnate: see P}- of ;>ini>e*. See /unwind.] In ;,ml., the 
les on; 
A pyjt coroune set wer that gyrle, 
Of mariorys <t non other ston. 
Iliji- I'unakled of cler quyt perle, 
Wyth tturted flowrej perfet v 
lux, pennaMiis, dim., < L. pinnatus, 
pinnate.] In hot., again subdivided: said of 
the leaflet of a pinnate leaf. 
pinnigrade, pinniped, or fin-footed aquatic car- 
nivorous quadrupeds, constituting one of the 
irted nowri'3 perfet vpon. L " c esmw* ui UIHUBIC icm. ,r j7 , .7 ' 
Alliterative Poem* (ed\ Morris), 1. 207. pinna-WOOl (piu^a-wul). H. A fabric made from terfe or ' ''''''""'. 
pediment of the southern transept is pinnacled, not the byssus of a pinna. 
inelegantly, with a flourished cross. pin-necked (pin'nekt), a. Pinnated, as a grouse. 
T. Warton, Hist. Kiddington, p. 8. The p in . nec t e a grouse belong to Cupidonia. 
2. To place on or as on a pinnacle. pinner 1 (pin'er), . [< ME. pinnere; 
'I ln> loftiest star of unascended heaven, 
Pinnacled dim in the intense inane. 
Shelley, Prometheus Unbound, ill. 4. 
pinnacle-work (pin'a-kl-werk), n. In arch. 
and decoration, ornamental projections, espe- 
cially at the top of any object ; fleurons, knops, 
finials, and the like, taken collectively. 
pinnadiform (pi-nad'i-fftrmV n. [Irreg. < pin- 
na 1 + -nd- + form.] In ielttli., having the ap- 
parent form modified by au extension or en- 
croachment of the skin and scales on the fins 
or sonic of them. ; is thr dorsal and anal, as in 
the chietodontids. Gill. 
pinnae, . Plural of pinna 1 , 
L'S3 
1. One wfio pins or 
fastens with a pin. 2f. A pin- 
maker. Destruction of Troy, 
Notes, p. 486. 3. An apron 
with a bib, kept in place by 
pinning; a pinafore. 
She had on a black velvet gown, and 
a white pinnrr and apron. 
Kin-airy, Water-Babies, p. 229. 
4f. A woman's head-dress, hav- 
ing long flaps hanging down the 
sides of the cheeks, worn during 
the early part of the eighteenth 
century: generally in the plural. 
the other being the f'isgipedia. in Illlger's classi- 
fication (1811) It was the thirteenth order of mammals. 
The body is prone, not raised from the ground ; the limbs 
are modified Into fins or flippers for swimming, ami < t< 
fined within the common integument beyond the elbows 
and knees; the feet are rotated backward. The first pha- 
langes and digits of the manus and pes are enlarged: be- 
yond the others. The deciduous dentition Is much re- 
duced or rudimentary. The skull is greatly compressed 
between the orbits ; the lacrymal bone is Imperforate, In- 
traorbital, and rarely confluent with the maxillary, which 
bounds the orbit ; the palatines are not produced forward 
laterally ; and there are extensive vacuities between the 
frontal and maxillary hones and between the tympanics 
and exocclpluls. There are three families the Otariidx 
or eared seals (sea-lions, sea-bears, etc.), the Phoeidjt or 
seals proper, and the Trifherhidir or walruses. Also oiled 
I'inntptaa and Pinnvrrada. See cuts under utary, teal, 
and iralruf. 
pinnisected (pin'i-sek-ted), a. [< L. pinna, fea- 
ther, + XI-<-/H>I. pp. of gecare, cut, + -f2.] In 
hot., same as pinnatifid. 
