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Pinna [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

2. One of the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.

3. One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.

4. Any species of Pinna, a genus of large bivalve mollusks found in all warm seas. The byssus consists of a large number of long, silky fibers, which have been used in manufacturing woven fabrics, as a curiosity.

5. The auricle of the ear. See Ear.

Pinnace [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A small vessel navigated with oars and sails, and having generally two masts rigged like those of a schooner; also, a boat usually rowed with eight oars.

Pinnace [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast defence; -- called originally, spynace or spyne.

2. A man-of-war's boat.

3. A procuress; a pimp.

Pinnacle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building.

2. Some metropolis

3. With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd.

4. A high spiring point; summit.

Pinnacle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To build or furnish with pinnacles.

Pinnacle [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.

2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.

Pinnacle [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Pinnacled [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Furnished with pinnacles.

Pinnacled [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Pinnacle

Pinnacling [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pinnae [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pinnage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Poundage of cattle. [Not used.] [ See Pound .]

Pinnage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Poundage of cattle. See Pound.

Pinnas [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Pinnate [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

PIN'NATE

Pinnate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, a pinnate leaf is a species of compound leaf wherein a simple petiole has several leaflets attached to each side of it.

Pinnate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alt. of Pinnated

Pinnated [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

2. Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck.

Pinnately [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a pinnate manner.

Pinnatifid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In botany, fether-cleft. A pinnatifid leaf is a species of simple leaf, divided transversely by oblong horizontal segments or jags, not extending to the mid rib.

Pinnatifid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Pinnatilobate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.

Pinnatiped [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fin-footed; having the toes bordered by membranes.

Pinnatiped [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.

Pinnatiped [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any bird which has the toes bordered by membranes.