Thesaurus: pinion

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1. n. A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
2. n. A feather; a quill.
3. n. A wing, literal or figurative.
4. n. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
5. n. A fetter for the arm.
6. n. 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.
7. v. t. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
8. v. t. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
9. v. t. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.
10. v. t. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
11. n. a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
12. n. any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird