Defn: An upright pivot pin; as: (a) The pivot pin of a hinge. (b) A hook or pin on which a rudder hangs and turns. (c) A pivot about which the chassis swings, in some kinds of gun carriages. (d) A kingbolt of a wagon.
PINTO
Pin"to, a. [Sp., painted.]
Defn: Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied.
PINTO
Pin"to, n.
Defn: Any pied animal; esp., a pied or "painted" horse.
PINTOS
Pin"tos, n. pl.; sing. Pinto (. Etym: [Sp., painted, mottled.]
(Eyhnol.)
Defn: A mountain tribe of Mexican Indians living near Acapulco. They are remarkable for having the dark skin of the face irregularly spotted with white. Called also speckled Indians.
PINTSCH GAS
Pintsch gas. [After Richard Pintsch, German inventor.]
Defn: A kind of oil gas extensively used for lighting railroad cars, which carry it in compressed form.
PINULE
Pin"ule, n. Etym: [Cf. Pinnule.] (Astron.)