Pink stern
(Pink" stern`) [See 1st Pink.] (Naut.) See Chebacco, and 1st Pink.
Pink-sterned
(Pink"-sterned`) a. [See 1st Pink.] (Naut.) Having a very narrow stern; — said of a vessel.
Pinky
(Pink"y) n. (Naut.) See 1st Pink.
Pinna
(||Pin"na) n.; pl. Pinnæ E. Pinnas [L., a feather.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate. (b) One of
the primary divisions of a decompound leaf.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the divisions of a pinnate part or organ.
3. [L. pinna, akin to Gr. .] (Zoöl.) 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.
4. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear. See Ear.
Pinnace
(Pin"nace) n. [F. pinasse; cf. It. pinassa, pinazza, Sp. pinaza; all from L. pinus a pine tree,
anything made of pine, e.g., a ship. Cf. Pine a tree.]
1. (Naut.) (a) A small vessel propelled by sails or oars, formerly employed as a tender, or for coast
defence; — called originally, spynace or spyne. (b) A man-of-war's boat.
Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs.
Shak. 2. A procuress; a pimp. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Pinnacle
(Pin"na*cle) n. [OE. pinacle, F. pinacle, L. pinnaculum, fr. pinna pinnacle, feather. See
Pin a peg.]
1. (Arch.) 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.
Some renowned metropolis
With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
Milton. 2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
Three silent pinnacles of aged snow.
Tennyson.
The slippery tops of human state,
The gilded pinnacles of fate.
Cowley. Pinnacle
(Pin"na*cle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinnacling ] To build or furnish
with a pinnacle or pinnacles. T. Warton.
Pinnage
(Pin"nage) n. [Cf. Pinfold.] Poundage of cattle. See Pound. [Obs.]
