2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. Johnson.
3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. Shak. Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. Cowper.
4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. "Pinioned up by formal rules of state." Norris.
PINIONED
Pin"ioned, a.
Defn: Having wings or pinions.
PINIONIST
Pin"ion*ist, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any winged creature.
PINITE
Pin"ite, n. Etym: [So called from Pini, a mine in Saxony.] (Min.)
Defn: A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite.
PINITE
Pi"nite, n. Etym: [L. pinus the pine tree.]