Words Like PINION
We have put together a list of words that are similar to PINION.
13 Alternative Words Similar to pinion
10 definitions of pinion
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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as Lithophane antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
3
A wing, literal or figurative.
4
The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
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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.
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To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
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To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
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To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
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Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.