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pinon
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Pinon
(gcide) | Pinon \Pi[~n]"on\, n. [Sp. pi[~n]on.] (Bot.)
(a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the
tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of
Southern Europe, and {Pinus Parryana, cembroides,
edulis, and monophylla}, the nut pines of Western
North America.
(b) See Monkey's puzzle. [Written also pignon.]
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pinon
(wn) | pinon
n 1: any of several low-growing pines of western North America
[syn: pinon, pinyon] |
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pinon
(encz) | pinon,borovice mexická n: Zdeněk Brož |
pinon nut
(encz) | pinon nut, n: |
pinon pine
(encz) | pinon pine, n: |
To pinon the sleeve of
(gcide) | Sleeve \Sleeve\, n. [OE. sleeve, sleve, AS. sl?fe, sl?fe; akin
to sl?fan to put on, to clothe; cf. OD. sloove the turning up
of anything, sloven to turn up one's sleeves, sleve a sleeve,
G. schlaube a husk, pod.]
1. The part of a garment which covers the arm; as, the sleeve
of a coat or a gown. --Chaucer.
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2. A narrow channel of water. [R.]
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The Celtic Sea, called oftentimes the Sleeve.
--Drayton.
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3. (Mach.)
(a) A tubular part made to cover, sustain, or steady
another part, or to form a connection between two
parts.
(b) A long bushing or thimble, as in the nave of a wheel.
(c) A short piece of pipe used for covering a joint, or
forming a joint between the ends of two other pipes.
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4. (Elec.) A double tube of copper, in section like the
figure 8, into which the ends of bare wires are pushed so
that when the tube is twisted an electrical connection is
made. The joint thus made is called
a McIntire joint.
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Sleeve button, a detachable button to fasten the wristband
or cuff.
Sleeve links, two bars or buttons linked together, and used
to fasten a cuff or wristband.
To laugh in the sleeve or To laugh up one's sleeve to
laugh privately or unperceived, especially while
apparently preserving a grave or serious demeanor toward
the person or persons laughed at; that is, perhaps,
originally, by hiding the face in the wide sleeves of
former times.
To pinon the sleeve of, or To hang on the sleeve of, to
be, or make, dependent upon.
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pinon
(wn) | pinon
n 1: any of several low-growing pines of western North America
[syn: pinon, pinyon] |
pinon nut
(wn) | pinon nut
n 1: edible seed of any of several nut pines especially some
pinons of southwestern North America [syn: pine nut,
pignolia, pinon nut] |
pinon pine
(wn) | pinon pine
n 1: a small two-needled or three-needled pinon of Mexico and
southern Texas [syn: pinon pine, Mexican nut pine,
Pinus cembroides] |
rocky mountain pinon
(wn) | Rocky mountain pinon
n 1: small compact two-needled pinon of southwestern United
States; important as a nut pine [syn: {Rocky mountain
pinon}, Pinus edulis] |
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