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Meaning Of Pin
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.