Defn: Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.
PIN-FIRE
Pin"-fire`, a. (Mil.)
Defn: Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
PINFISH Pin"fish`, n. Etym: [So called from their sharp dorsal spines.] (Zoöl.) (a) The sailor's choice (Diplodus, or Lagodon, rhomboides). (b) The salt-water bream (Diplodus Holbrooki).
Note: Both are excellent food fishes, common on the coast of the United States south of Cape Hatteras. The name is also applied to other allied species.
PINFOLD Pin"fold`, n. Etym: [For pindfold. See Pinder, Pound an inclosure, and Fold an inclosure.]
Defn: A place in which stray cattle or domestic animals are confined; a pound; a penfold. Shak. A parish pinfold begirt by its high hedge. Sir W. Scott.
PING
Ping, n. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin.]
Defn: The sound made by a bullet in striking a solid object or in passing through the air.
PING
Ping, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pinged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinging.]