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12. Pinna incurva: (hell narrow, long, naked, cari¬ 
nate, with tranfverfe undulate wrinkles. It inhabits the 
Indian Ocean ; pale horn-colour, curved at the hinge, 
and marked with a few longitudinal ftrias. 
13. Pinna bicolor : fhell thin, infle&ed at the lateral 
margin, yellowifli, with black-brown rays; with a few 
longitudinal ftrire. It inhabits the Red Sea. It is of a 
liorn-colour, long, with a few tranfverfe curved ftriae at 
the margin ; the larger end is rounded. 
14. Pinna exufta, the burnt nacre: fliell flattifli, horny, 
with blackifh rays, fpots, and clouds, and many fmooth 
ftrias. It is rare; but fometimes found in the Southern 
Ocean of India. It is reprefented, from Seba, on the pre¬ 
ceding Plate, at fig. 3. 
15. Pinna vexillum : fliell truncate at the outer mar¬ 
gin, dilated, naked, horny, with a few black clouds ; lon¬ 
gitudinally ftriate on the fore-part, and tranfverfely wrin¬ 
kled behind. It inhabits India, and is extremely rare. 
The fliell appears as if it were winged, with a curved la¬ 
teral margin. 
16. Pinna papyracea: fliell very thin, brittle, horny, 
with longitudinal ribs, the extreme margin roundifli. 
This is a native of the Indian Ocean. The back of the 
ribs is fometimes fcaly; in the middle of the fliell is a vio¬ 
let-brown fpot, and a few tranfverfe wrinkles at the la¬ 
teral margin. 
17. Pinna fanguinea: fliell flattifh, and flightly incurved: 
it is red, with a few perpendicular fmooth ltriae. The 
Ihell is three inches long : it is probably a variety only of 
fome other fpecies. 
18. Pinna bullata: fliell very ftraight, thin and per¬ 
pendicularly ftriate, with tranfverfe fpinous wrinkles at 
the lower margin. This, like the laft, is thought not to 
be a diftinft fpecies. 
PIN'NACE,/. [ pinajje , Fr. pinnacia , Ital. pinaca. Span.] 
A fmall veflel, navigated with fails and oars, and carrying 
generally two marts; chiefly ufed as a fcout for intelli¬ 
gence, and for landing of men.—For fear of the Turks’ 
great fleet, he came by night in a fmall pinnace to the 
Rhodes. Knolles. —He cut down wood, and made a pin¬ 
nace, and entered the South Sea. Heyhjn. — I fent a pinnace, 
or port of advice, to make adifcovery of the coaft, before 
I adventured my greater fliip. Spelman. —I difcharged a 
bark, taken by one of my pinnaces, coming from Cape 
Blanch. Ralegh’s Apology. 
Swift as a fwallow fweeps the liquid way, 
The winged pinnace (hot along the fea. Pope. 
One of the boats belonging to a man of war, ferving to 
carry the officers to and from the fliore. It refembles a 
barge, but never rows more than eight oars, whereas a 
barge properly never rows lefs than ten.— Pinnaces are 
for the accommodation of lieutenants, See. as barges are 
for admirals and captains of (hips of war. Chambers. 
PIN'NACLE, f. [pinnacle, Fr. pinna, Lat,] The top 
or roof of a lioufe, terminating in a point. This kind 
of roof among the ancients,' was appropriated to temples ; 
their ordinary roofs were all flat, or made in the platform 
way.—My letting fome men go up to the pinnacle of the 
temple, was a temptation to them to call me down head¬ 
long. King Charles. —It was from the pinnacle that the 
form of the pediment took its rife. Chambers. 
Some metropolis 
With glittering fpires and pinnacles adorn’d, Milton. 
A high fpiring point.—He who defires only heaven, 
laughs at that enchantment which engages men to climb 
a tottering pinnacle, where the ftanding is uneafy, and the 
fall deadly. Decay of Chr. Piety. 
The flippery tops of human ftate, 
The gilded pinnacles of fate. Cowley. 
To PIN'NACLE, v. a. To build with pinnacles.—The 
pediment of the fouthern tranfept is pinnacled, not in¬ 
elegantly, with a flourifhed crofs. Warlons Hijl. of Kid- 
dington. 
Or fome old fane, whofe fteeple Gothic pride, 
Or pinnacled, or fpir’d, would boldly rife. Mafoti. 
PIN'NACLE I'SLAND, an ifland in the North Pacific 
Ocean, fo named by Capt. Cook in 1778, the fummit 
terminating in pinnacle rocks. Lat. 60. 25. N. ion. 186. 
40. E. 
PIN'NACLE ISLANDS, two fmall Japanefe iflands. 
Lat. 29. 52. N. Ion. 132. E. 
PIN'NACLE POI'NT, a cape on the fouth-eaft coaft 
of Alaftika, fo called by Capt, Cook in 1778. Lat. 55,10. 
N. Ion. 198. 5. E. 
PIN'NAGE, f. [from To pin, or pen.~\ Poundage of 
cattle. Huloet. 
PINNAMAQUAM', a fmall river in the province of 
Maine, which gives name to a new fettlement. 
PIN'NATED, adj. [pinnatus , Lat.] Formed like a 
wing. Applied by botanifts to leaves which are divided 
into tranfverfe fegments down to the ftem or midrib. 
PINNATIF'ID, adj. Divided into tranfverfe fegments, 
but not extending to the midrib. 
PINNAW', a river which runs into the Elbe twenty 
miles below Hamburg. 
PIN'NE, a town of the duchy of Warfaw : twenty-four 
miles weft of Pofen. 
PIN'NEBERG, a town of the duchy of Holftein, capi¬ 
tal of a lordftiip : eight miles north-weft of Hamburg, and 
nineteen eaft-fouth-eaft of Gluckftadt. Lat. 53. 43. N. 
Ion. 9. 54. E. 
PIN'NER, f [from pinna, Lat. or pinion.'] The lappet 
of a head-dreis which flies loofe. Dr. Jamiefon objefts to 
the derivation given by Dr. Johnfon from pinna, or pi¬ 
nion ; and fays that it is more probably a French word; 
obferving that, in the celebrated Hiltory of Prince Eraftus, 
the term pignoirs occurs in fuch connexion as to indicate 
that fome kind of night- drefs for the head is meant, fuch- 
as might anciently be ufed even by males: “ Outre cela 
elle y mit plufieurs autres befonges de nuiCt, comme 
coiffes, couurchefs, pignoirs, oreilliers, &c.” Hitt, dti 
Prince Eraft. 1564. Dr. Jamiefon adds, that he had not 
met with this word in any French dictionary. It has ef- 
caped this learned etymologift, that Cotgrave has the' 
word piynnuer, a comb-cafe, (from the old Fr. pigner, to 
comb,) which is probably the convenience intended in 
the old hiftory.—An antiquary will fcorn to mention a 
pinner or a night-rail, but will talk on the vitta. Addijon 
on Medals. 
Her goodly countenance I’ve feen, 
Set off with kerchief ftarch’d and pinners clean. Gay. 
A pinmaker. A pounder of cattle; a keeper of the 
pound. Huloet. —A pinner is a fliepherd in fome parts of 
England, one who pins the fold. Warton. 
Now let him tell his lord, 
That he hath fpoke with George a Greene, 
Right pinner of merry Wakefield town. George a Greene. 
PIN'NER, a village in Middlefex, a hamlet to Harrow 
on the Hill, from which town it is diftant about three 
miles north-weft. Though not parochial, it had once a 
weekly market, long ago difufed. 
Pinner Hill was the refidence of John Baker Sellon, fer- 
jeant-at-law, who made confiderable improvements. Mr. 
Sergeant Pell now refides here.— Pinner Grove is the 
pleafant feat of lady Milman, the widow of fir Francis 
Milman, bart. M.D. and F.R.S.—Pinner Park was lately 
occupied by Mr. Hume.—At Berry Point Hill relide 
Major Abbs and Ralph Carr, efq. At Woodhall, Mr. 
Longbottom. 
PINNEYRAH', a town of Hindooftan: twelve miles 
north-north-weft of Benares. 
PINNIG'EROUS, adj. [from the Lat. pinna, a fin, 
and/ero, to bear; but not ufed.] Having fins. Cole. 
PINNIRA'PI, f in antiquity, an order of gladiators, 
who, being matched with the Samnites, ufed to catch at 
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