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Definition of Pin
| v. t. | 1. | (Metal Working) To peen. | | 1. | To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. | | 3. | Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. | | 4. | (Mach.) That which resembles a pin in its form or use | | 5. | One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. | | 6. | The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. | | 7. | Mood; humor. | | 8. | (Med.) Caligo. See Caligo. | | 9. | An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. | | 10. | The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. | | v. t. | 1. | To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. |
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