Word Finder - pin

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A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.

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A small nail with a head and a sharp point.

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A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

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Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.

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The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.

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A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.

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(in plural) A leg.

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I'm not so good on my pins these days.

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Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.

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The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.

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A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.

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A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.

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• badge
• lapel pin

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A scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to attack.

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The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole

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The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)

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The shot landed right on the pin.

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A mood, a state of being.

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One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.

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Caligo.

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A thing of small value; a trifle.

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A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.

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A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.

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The tenon of a dovetail joint.

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A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.

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A pinball machine.

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I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.

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(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.

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(usually in the passive) To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.

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To pin down (someone).

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To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.

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To attach (an icon, application, etc.) to another item.

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to pin a window to the Taskbar

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To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.

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When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.

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To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.

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• peg

I have only my cap to pin on.

It wasn't our turn to pin the tail on the donkey.

She pulled on her top, buttoned it, and chose a pin from her jewelry box.

Here, the pin number is 1542.

You're now ready to pin the corsage on the guest-of-honor!

The only connexion between the type-wheel and the screwhead S is by the pin p (which is screwed into S), the cylindrical end of which acts in a slot cut in the typewheel.

Insert the pin into the diaper and secure it shut.

Jenn shifted her weight and rolled into a somersault, leaping up before he could pin her.

In it the draw-bar, connected through a spring to the frame of the car, had at its outboard end a socket into which one end of a solid link was inserted and secured by a pin.

The corner of the chip with pin " 1 " has a dimple on the top side.

To make safe exposed pin nails in vinyl flooring of upstairs bathroom.

Rude girls began to grin, his pants were giving in, Lend him a safety pin, or - pop goes the weasel !

While you do this they are memorizing your pin number.

The power of the Ottomans at sea was maintained during this period by a series of notable captains, such as Khair-ed-din and his son Hassan, Piale, Torgud, Sali Reis and Pin Reis.

This has a slotted end, engaged by a pin P fixed to the framing, and it will be seen that its action is to slacken the band if the load tends to rise and to tighten it in the contrary case.

This page gives an overview of all articles in the 1911 Brittanica which are alphabetized under Phr to Pin.

One half ring is rigidly attached to the tie and one to the hanging chain, so that the wear due to any movement is distributed over the length of the pin.

Such aggregations of hyphae frequently become knotted up into dense masses of interwoven and closely packed hyphae, varying in size from that of a pin's head or a pea (Peziza, Coprinus) to that of a man's fist or head, and weighing io to 25 lb or more (Polyporus Mylittae, P. tumulosus, Lentinus Woermanni, P. Sapurema, &c.).

The formula employed by P is "and Pharaoh's heart was strong (pin)," or, "and Pharaoh made strong (p'in) his heart," as in E, but it is distinguished from E's phrase by the addition of "and he hearkened not unto them as Yahweh had spoken."

Back, showing graduations, parallelogram for measuring heights; and other tables, together with the Rule with sights (A) held by a moveable pin (B), known as the Horse or Wedge.

For the conditions of equilibrium of the forces on each pin furnish vi equations, viz, two for each point, which are linear in respect of the stresses and the extraneous forces.

In the particular case where the motion is of the kind known as simple harmonic the disturbing force on the frame due to the reciprocation of the weight is equal to the component of the centrifugal force in the line of stroke due to a weight equal to the reciprocated weight supposed concentrated at the crank pin.

The bracing is accomplished by the introduction at the angles of the columns and girders or beams of gusset plates or knee braces, or by diagonal straps or rods properly attached by rivet or pin connexions.

Many issuers of the Visa Buxx card also offer a Personal Identification Number (PIN) with the card allowing the card to be used to obtain funds from any ATM that accepts Visa cards.

Using this principle the method of finding the balance weights to be added to a given system of reciprocating weights in order to produce a system of forces on the frame continuously in equilibrium is exactly the same as that just explained for a system of revolving weights, because for the purpose of finding the balance weights each reciprocating weight may be supposed attached to the crank pin which operates it, thus forming an equivalent revolving system.

For a single pulley of diameter D, turning on a fixed pin of diameter d, the relation of the effort E to the load W, where f is the coefficient of friction, is expressed by E/W = (D-pfd)/(D - fd) _ 1 +2fd/D approximately.

A spur pinion D, gearing with both wheels, is carried loosely upon an eccentric E forming part of the central pin, so that when this latter is turned by the hand-wheel F and chain G the axis of the pinion describes a circle the diameter of which equals the throw of the eccentric, and a small relative motion of the two sheaves takes place, depending on the number of the teeth of the annular wheels.

Women braided their hair into tresses, which they confined with a pin.

On the tube very near to the pin E is a cylinder C, which by the action of the screw F is very slightly raised or lowered.

In support of the third hypothesis Mr Reeks wrote (Zoologist, 2nd series, p. 1854) that the people in Newfoundland who used to meet with this bird always pronounced its name "pin wing."

His object was to pin Gustavus fast to Nuremberg and cut off his retreat northwards.

Unfortunately, it was a rural location, difficult to pin point other than a general location.

The second addition is the new Specialist Science logo, and the third an old enamel pin badge worn by MGS prefects.

Has there been any response to the pin badge idea yet?

I'll not bate ye a pin on ' t, sir; for, by this cudgel, tis true.

The commonest category is that representing textile manufacture and the objects included pin beaters, a needle and a spindle whorl.

There is for example a ten pin bowling team which plays on Thursday night.

The center also boasts a 6 lane 10 pin bowling alley, featuring state of the art technology.

However the new procedure requires a pin number which only the genuine cardholder will know.

The changes taking place after 14 February 2006 only apply to chip and pin cardholders.

However, most volume equipment uses pin conveyors, where the board is supported by pins on a moving conveyor chain.

Although pins were used in quantity, pin sellers were among the poorest street criers.

Sorry about that... They have a 70 denier opaque leg with a pin stripe in a choice of three colors.

Pin sharp through the corners it bursts out the other side with a snarl from the underseat exhaust.

Pins Eleven pins or pin fragments were recovered, nine of which were worked from pig fibulae or probably pig fibulae.

I took a copper dolly and hand hammer from my toolbox and gave the outer flange of the pin a sharp clout.

It reviews the principles of statics and kinematics and applying them to the approximate analysis of pin and rigid jointed frames.

Includes high security 4 pin cylinder padlock with double bolted shackle and fully enclosed hasp.

I was then discharged at Oulton Broad with a pin stripe suit and a green pork pie trilby hat.

Evening dinner offsite at various ' watering holes ' Entertainment evening - 10 pin bowling or cinema followed by course dinner.