pin

1. v. t. To peen. Source: opted

2. v. t. To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc. Source: opted

5. n. Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle. Source: opted

6. n. That which resembles a pin in its form or use Source: opted

7. n. A peg in musical instruments, for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings. Source: opted

8. n. A linchpin. Source: opted

9. n. A rolling-pin. Source: opted

10. n. A clothespin. Source: opted

11. n. A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal. Source: opted

12. n. The tenon of a dovetail joint. Source: opted

13. n. One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink. Source: opted

14. n. The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center. Source: opted

15. n. Mood; humor. Source: opted

16. n. Caligo. See Caligo. Source: opted

17. n. An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin. Source: opted

18. n. The leg; as, to knock one off his pins. Source: opted

19. n. To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together. Source: opted

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