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To peen. |
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To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. |
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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. |
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Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes,
attaching papers, etc. |
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Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. |
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That which resembles a pin in its form or use |
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A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the
tension of the strings. |
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A linchpin. |
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A rolling-pin. |
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A clothespin. |
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A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which
serves as a journal. |
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The tenon of a dovetail joint. |
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One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to
mark how much each man should drink. |
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The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. |
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Mood; humor. |
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Caligo. See Caligo. |
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An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by
a pin; as, a Masonic pin. |
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The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. |
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To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a
garment; to pin boards together. |
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