Noun
a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target

Noun
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

Noun
a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

Noun
a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer''s garment

Noun
flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Noun
cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

Noun
axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

Noun
informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his sticks"

Noun
a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

Noun
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

Noun
when a wrestler''s shoulders are forced to the mat

Verb
immobilize a piece

Verb
to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree"

Verb
attach or fasten with pins

Verb
pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"

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v. t.
To peen.

v. t.
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

n.
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

n.
Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.

n.
Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

n.
That which resembles a pin in its form or use

n.
A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

n.
A linchpin.

n.
A rolling-pin.

n.
A clothespin.

n.
A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

n.
The tenon of a dovetail joint.

n.
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.

n.
The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.

n.
Mood; humor.

n.
Caligo. See Caligo.

n.
An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.

n.
The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.

n.
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.

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Pin

Pin , v. t. (Metal Working) To peen.

Pin

Pin , v. t. [Cf. Pen to confine, or Pinfold.] To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

Pin

Pin, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. Fin of a fish, Pen a feather.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast.

2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. 3. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.

He . . . did not care a pin for her.

4. That which resembles a pin in its form or use; as: (a) A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. (b) A linchpin. (c) A rolling-pin. (d) A clothespin. (e) (Mach.) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. See Illust. of Knuckle joint, under Knuckle. (f) (Joinery) The tenon of a dovetail joint. 5. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. 6. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. [Obs.] "The very pin of his heart cleft." Shak. 7. Mood; humor. [Obs.] "In merry pin." Cowper. 8. (Med.) Caligo. See Caligo. Shak. 9. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. 10. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. [Slang] Banking pin (Horol.), a pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion. -- Pin drill (Mech.), a drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore. -- Pin grass. (Bot.) See Alfilaria. -- Pin hole, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small aperture or perforation. -- Pin lock, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers. -- Pin money, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband to his wife, for private and personal expenditure. -- Pin rail (Naut.), a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to hold belaying pins. Sometimes applied to the fife rail. Called also pin rack. -- Pin wheel. (a) A contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical pins. (b) (Fireworks) A small coil which revolves on a common pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.

Pin

Pin , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinning.] [See Pin, n.] To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. "Aa if she would pin her to her heart." Shak. To pin one's faith upon, to depend upon; to trust to.

To peen.

To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.

To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.