[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pin \pin\, n. oe. pinne, as. pinn a pin, peg; cf. d. pin, g.
   pinne, icel. pinni, w. pin, gael.  ir. pinne; all fr. l.
   pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different
   word from pinna feather. cf. fin of a fish, pen a
   feather.
   1. a piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used
      for fastening separate articles together, or as a support
      by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg;
      a bolt.
      1913 webster

            with pins of adamant
            and chains they made all fast.        --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or
      other wire commonly tinned, largely used for fastening
      clothes, attaching papers, etc.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
      1913 webster

            he . . . did not care a pin for her.  --spectator.
      1913 webster

   4. that which resembles a pin in its form or use; as:
      a a peg in musical instruments, for increasing or
          relaxing the tension of the strings.
      b a linchpin.
      c a rolling-pin.
      d a clothespin.
      e mach. a short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a
          part of which serves as a journal. see illust. of
          knuckle joint, under knuckle.
      f joinery the tenon of a dovetail joint.
          1913 webster

   5. one of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking
      cup to mark how much each man should drink.
      1913 webster

   6. the bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
      obs. "the very pin of his heart cleft." --shak.
      1913 webster

   7. mood; humor. obs. "in merry pin." --cowper.
      1913 webster

   8. med. caligo. see caligo. --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. an ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the
      clothing by a pin; as, a masonic pin.
      1913 webster

   10. the leg; as, to knock one off his pins. slang
       1913 webster

   banking pin horol., a pin against which a lever strikes,
      to limit its motion.

   pin drill mech., a drill with a central pin or projection
      to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a
      recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.

   pin grass. bot. see alfilaria.

   pin hole, a small hole made by a pin; hence, any very small
      aperture or perforation.

   pin lock, a lock having a cylindrical bolt; a lock in which
      pins, arranged by the key, are used instead of tumblers.
      

   pin money, an allowance of money, as that made by a husband
      to his wife, for private and personal expenditure.

   pin rail naut., a rail, usually within the bulwarks, to
      hold belaying pins. sometimes applied to the fife rail.
      called also pin rack.

   pin wheel.
       a a contrate wheel in which the cogs are cylindrical
           pins.
       b fireworks a small coil which revolves on a common
           pin and makes a wheel of yellow or colored fire.
           1913 webster
see also:
fin pen knuckle joint knuckle caligo banking pin 
pin drill pin grass alfilaria pin hole pin lock 
pin money pin rail fife rail pin rack pin wheel 

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