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Pinion
Pinion
n.
A
moth
of
the
genus
Lithophane
, as L.
antennata
,
whose
larva
bores
large
holes
in
young
peaches
and
apples
.
Pinion
n.
A
feather
; a
quill
.
Pinion
n.
A
wing
,
literal
or
figurative
.
Pinion
n.
The
joint
of
bird
's
wing
most
remote
from
the
body
.
Pinion
n.
A
fetter
for
the
arm
.
Pinion
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
.
Pinion
v. t.
To
bind
or
confine
the
wings
of; to
confine
by
binding
the
wings
.
Pinion
v. t.
To
disable
by
cutting
off
the
pinion
joint
.
Pinion
v. t.
To
disable
or
restrain
, as a
person
, by
binding
the
arms
,
esp
. by
binding
the
arms
to
the
body
.
Pinion
v. t.
Hence
,
generally
, to
confine
; to
bind
; to
tie
up.
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