·noun Mood; humor.
II. Pin ·noun A rolling-pin.
III. Pin ·noun The tenon of a dovetail joint.
VII. Pin ·noun The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
VIII. Pin ·noun Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
IX. Pin ·noun Caligo.
·see Caligo.
X. Pin ·noun That which resembles a pin in its form or use.
XI. Pin ·noun The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
XII. Pin ·noun A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
XIII. Pin ·noun A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
XIV. Pin ·noun An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
XV. Pin ·noun One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
XVI. Pin ·noun To fasten with, or as with, a
pin; to
Join; as, to
pin a garment; to
pin boards together.
XVIII. Pin ·noun Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, ·etc.
XIX. Pin ·noun 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.