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(1):

(n.) A fetter for the arm.

(2):

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

(3):

(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.

(4):

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

(5):

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

(6):

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

(7):

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

(8):

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

(9):

(n.) A wing, literal or figurative.

(10):

(n.) A feather; a quill.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pinion'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pinion.html. 1828.
 
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