Defn: Pimpled.
PIMPSHIP
Pimp"ship, n.
Defn: The office, occupation, or persom of a pimp. [R.]
PIN
Pin, v. t. (Metal Working)
Defn: To peen.
PIN
Pin, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Pen to confine, or Pinfold.]
Defn: To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
PIN
Pin, n. Etym: [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne,
Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle,
pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf.
Fin of a fish, Pen a feather.]
1. 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. With pins of adamant And chains they made all fast. Milton.
2. Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.