2. Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.
PINON; PINYON Piñ"on, n. Etym: [Sp. piñon.] (Bot.) (a) The edible seed of several species of pine; also, the tree producing such seeds, as Pinus Pinea of Southern Europe, and P. Parryana, cembroides, edulis, and monophylla, the nut pines of Western North America. (b) See Monkey's puzzle. [Written also pignon.]
PINPATCH
Pin"patch`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common English periwinkle. [Prov. Eng.]
PINT Pint, n. Etym: [OE. pinte, F. pinte, fr. Sp. pinta spot, mark, pint, fr. pintar to paint; a mark for a pint prob. having been made on or in a larger measure. See Paint.]
Defn: A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, — used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart.
PINT
Pint, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The laughing gull. [Prov. Eng.]
PINTADO Pin*ta"do, n.; pl. Pintados. Etym: [Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.