pinions

[Pin·ion]

Many cars use rack and pinion steering, in which the steering wheel turns a small toothed pinion gear, which engages the larger rack that turns the car's wheels.

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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

Noun
wing of a bird

Noun
any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird

Noun
a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

Verb
cut the wings off (of birds)

Verb
bind the arms of

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n.
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

n.
A feather; a quill.

n.
A wing, literal or figurative.

n.
The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.

n.
A fetter for the arm.

n.
A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.

v. t.
To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.

v. t.
To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.

v. t.
To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.

v. t.
Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

Pinion

Pin"ion , n. (Zo'94l.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

Pinion

Pin"ion, n. [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp. pi'a4on pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See Pin a peg, and cf. Pen a feather, Pennat, Pennon.] 1. A feather; a quill. Shak. 2. A wing, literal or figurative.

Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome.

3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. Johnson. 4. A fetter for the arm. Ainsworth. 5. (Mech.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis. Lantern pinion. See under Lantern. -- Pinion wire, wire fluted longitudinally, for making the pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn through holes of the shape required for the leaves or teeth of the pinions.

Pinion

Pin"ion , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinioning.] 1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. Bacon. 2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. Johnson. 3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. Shak.

Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips.

4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. "Pinioned up by formal rules of state." Norris.

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

A feather; a quill.

To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.

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