Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. ``As if she would pin her to
her heart.'' --Shak.

{To pin one's faith upon}, to depend upon; to trust to.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.
--Milton.

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. --Spectator.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pin
n 1: a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
2: when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat [syn: {fall}]
3: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or
define locations etc. [syn: {peg}]
4: a number you choose and use to gain access to various
accounts [syn: {personal identification number}, {PIN}, {PIN
number}]
5: informal terms of the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: {peg}, {stick}]
6: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something
that turns [syn: {pivot}]
7: 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
8: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
green [syn: {flag}]
9: a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used
to support or fasten or attach things
10: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: {peg},
{thole}, {tholepin}, {rowlock}, {oarlock}]
11: a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in
groups as a target [syn: {bowling pin}]
v 1: attach with or as if with a pin [syn: {pin down}, {pin up}]
2: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned
under the fallen tree" [syn: {trap}, {immobilize}, {immobilise}]
3: attach or fasten with pins [ant: {unpin}]
4: pierce with a pin; "pin down the butterfly"
5: immobilize a piece, in chess


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