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Meaning of 'pinion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pinion [ n.]
- A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
- A feather; a quill.
- A wing, literal or figurative.
- The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
- A fetter for the arm.
- 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.
2 . Pinion [ v. t.]
- To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
- To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
- To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
- Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.

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