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This pink is one of Cupid’s carriers; 
Give fire; (he is my prize. Shaliefp. M. W. of Windfor. 
A fi(h ; a minnow. Ainjworth. 
To PINK, v. a. [Dutch, an eye.] To work in eyelet- 
holes; to pierce in ('mail holes.—A haberdaflier’s wife of 
1’mall wit rail’d upon me, till her pink'd porringer fell off 
her head. Shakefpeare's Hen. VIII.—The fea-hedgehog is 
enclofed in a round (hell, handfomely wrought and pink'd. 
Carew's Sarv. of Cornwall. 
Happy the climate, where the beau 
Wears the fame fuit for ufe and (how ; 
And at a fmall expence your wife, 
If once well pink'd, is clothed for life. Prior. 
To pierce with a fword ; to (tab ; a cant cxpreffwn.— -They 
grew fuch defperate rivals for her, that one of them pink'd 
the other in a duel. Addifon's Drummer. 
To PINK, v. n: To wink with the eyes.— A hungry fox 
lay winking and pinking as if he had fore eyes. L'Ejlrange. 
PINK-EY'ED, adj. Having little eyes.—Them that 
were pink-eyed, and had verie fmall eies, they termed 
“ ocellae.” Holland's Tr. of Pliny's Nat. Hifl. 
PINK'-NEEDLE, f. A (hepherd’s bodkin. Sherwood. 
PINK-STERN'ED, adj. Having a narrow (tern : ap¬ 
plied to fliips. See Pink. 
PINK'ING, f. The adl of piercing with fmall holes ; 
the adt of winking. 
PINKUS'ELT, a town of Hungary: ten miles weft: of 
Steinam Anger* 
PINK'ZOW, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Sandomirz : fifty-two miles weft of Sandomirz. 
PIN'NA, f the Nacre ; a genus of the clafs and or¬ 
der vermes teftacea, or teftaceous worms. Generic cha- 
radters—Animal a limax; (hell bivalve, fragile, upright, 
gaping at one end, and furnifhed with a byflus, or beard ; 
the hinge is without teeth, the valves are united. This 
is the laft genus cf the bivalves; and its fpecies appear 
to form thelink between this divifien and the univalves; 
the (hell is gaping at one end, and the valves are without 
a hinge, and united, at theorher; fo that it is not ftridlly 
a bivalve, be;ng thus connedfed. There are eighteen 
fpecies, all of w hich produce a delicate kind of byflus, 
which is woven into filk, and highly prized by the Italian 
ladies. Gloves and ftockings are knit from the tufts of 
(ilk which grow on the larger (hells; (Craven’s Tour 
through Naples, 1821.) and the inhabitants of them, be¬ 
ing of a good flavour, are highly efteemed as food. As 
for the (mailer fpecies, who have a lodging difpropor- 
tioned to their fize, it is faid that they admit into their 
(hell a companion to warn them of danger, to guard them, 
and to fetch them provifions. This guard is the Cancer 
pinnoteres. As the (hell of the pinna is generally found 
(landing eredt upon the frnaller end, with the larger and 
upper end a little open, it finds itfelf expofed as a prey to 
the fmalleft kind of fifties: for they aflault her, and, 
growing bolder upon finding no refillance, venture in. 
The guard, watching its time, gives notice by a- bite; 
upon which the pinna, doling its (hell, (huts in, kills, 
and gives part of whatever happens to be there to its 
companion. Thus they live and lodge together in the 
fame (hell, which belongs to the pinna. When it has oc- 
cafion to eat, it opens its valves, and fends out its faith¬ 
ful purveyor to procure food. If during their labour the 
pinnoterus perceives the polypus, it immediately returns 
to warn its friend of the danger, when, by (hutting its 
valves, it efcipes the rage of its enemy.; but, when the 
pinnoterus .loads itfelf with booty without moleftation, 
it makes a gentle noife at the opening of the (hell, and, 
when admitted, the two friends feaft on the fruits of its 
induftry. 
The pinna and the crab together dwell, 
For mutual fuccour, in one common (hell. 
They both to gain a livelihood combine; 
That takes the prey, when this has given the (ign. 
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From hence this crab, above his fellows fam’d, 
By ancient Greeks was pinnoteres nam’d. Oppiart. 
1. Pinna rudis, or rough nacre: (hell vaulted, with' 
arched fcales arranged in rows. There are two varieties. 
The firft inhabits the American and Atlantic Oceans, is 
from twelve to fixteen inches long, and from four and a 
half to eight broad ; the (hell is red, and it has from fix to 
eight grooves. The fecond is found in thelndian and Red 
Seas; it is black, with fcarcely any vifible grooves. 
2. Pinna peiflinata, the pedlinated nacre : (hell longi¬ 
tudinally ftriate half way ; one fide (lightly wrinkled 
tranfverfely. There are two varieties of this fpecies. 
They are both found in the Indian Ocean; the firft is 
about three inches long and four broad ; the (hell is trian¬ 
gular, horny. The fecond is four inches and a half long, 
two and a half broad, thinner, and more rare. 
3. Pinna nobilis, the noble nacre : (hell ftriate, with ca- 
niculo-tubular fcales. There are four varieties of this 
fpecies. They are found in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, 
and American, Seas. The (hell of this fpecies is feven 
inches and a half long, and three and a half broad: it is 
brown, the exterior margin rounded ; the fcales are larger 
towards the edges, and near half an inch long; one half 
of the valves is ribbed, the other has tranfverfe wrinkles, 
which at the broader part are crofted with ftriae. One of 
the varieties of this fpecies, but defcribed by Knorr as P. 
peftinata, is reprefented on the Conchology Plate XV. 
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4. Pinna muricata, the prickly nacre : (hell ftriate, 
with concave ovate acute fcales. This is defcribed and 
figured in Mr. Donovan’s Britifh Shells; it is the P. fragi- 
lis of Pennant. It is a native of the European and Indian 
Seas; is from three to nine inches long, and one-third as 
broad ; the (hell is thin, brittle, pellucid, and horny; the 
outfide is formed with longitudinal ribs, rough with rows 
of fmall prickles. 
5. Pinna rotur.data, the rounded nacre: (hell with ob- 
folete fcales, the margin rounded. It inhabits the Medi¬ 
terranean : a very large fpecies, fometimes above two feet 
long ; the (hell is oblong, whitifh, with perpendicular un¬ 
dulate parallel wrinkles, and very fine concave acute Mat¬ 
tered fcales on the broader part. This is reprefented on 
the preceding Plate, at fig. 2. 
6 . Pinna fquamofa, the fcaly nacre : (hell with very fine 
undulate fcales, and flexuous broad wrinkles; the frnaller 
end is pointed and naked. It inhabits the Mediterra¬ 
nean ; is about thirteen inches long, and half as broad. 
In colour it is a little chefnut at the larger end, and 
whitifh at the frnaller one; the external margin is an¬ 
gular. 
7. Pinna carnea, the flefli-coloured nacre : (hell thin, 
flelh-colour, naked, longitudinally grooved; the external 
margin is acute and rounded. Its habitation is not 
known ; it is fometimes varied with white lpots. 
8. Pinna fuccata : (hell fmooth, fatchel-fliaped, and a 
little ereiil. It inhabits the Mediterranean and Indian 
Seas; is five inches and a half long, and half as broad ; 
the (hell is thin ; above reddifh, beneath whitifh; above 
flat, with a rounded margin ; beneath gibbous, without 
fcales, but marked with ten broadifh longitudinal ftriae. 
9. Pinna digitiformis: (hell fmooth, tubular, finger- 
fhaped, incurved, the extreme margin membranaceous. 
It is a native of India. The (hell is flattifh, oblong, and 
pellucid. 
10. Pinna lobata : (hell naked, lobed. Found in India. 
The (hell is of a draw-colour, with purple ftriae, membra¬ 
naceous and heart-fhaped when the valves are open. The 
lateral lobes rounded and broader, with a fort of nerve 
from the hinge to the lobes; and from the nerve there 
are lateral lines. 
11. Pinna vitrea : (hell hyaline, with longitudinal ftriae; 
the ftriae, with a few fcales, are crofted by other tranfverfe 
ftriae at the margin. It inhabits the Indian Ocean; but 
is very rare. 
12. Pinna 
