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1. pinion - Noun

2. pinion - Verb

3. Pinion - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Additionally, geologic mapping of recently exposed bedrock has identified a ~500m by ~300m zone of alteration and structural intersections – the – to the southeast of the current Pinion drill pattern. Source: Internet

Self Destruct", a song about a powerful person, follows a build-up sampled from THX 1138 with an "industrial roar" and is accompanied by an audio loop of a pinion rotating. Source: Internet

Mrs. Burton was preceded in death by her husband, David R. Meggs; son,Franklin Meggs; father, Virgil Pinion; mother, Lena Pinion; brothers, Milford, Damon, Hoyt and Cecil Pinion; and sister, Lorene Howton. Source: Internet

Quills are denominated from the order in which they are fixed in the wing; the first is favoured by the expert calligrapher, the second and third quills being very satisfactory also, plus the pinion feather. Source: Internet

Rack and pinion steering replaced recirculating ball steering gears in model year 1974 and up. Source: Internet

I love every minute of it,” Pinion said. Source: Internet

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