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Pinnace – Piping Crow

Pinnace

a man-of-war's boat, next usually from 28 to 32 feet long, has a beam .29 to .25 of its length, and is usually from 28 to 32 feet long, has a rowed by six or eight oars. Also, a small schooner-rigged vessel provided rowed by six or eight oars. Also, a with oars or sweeps.

Pinnate

a botanical term meaning the other players who holds a nine of divided into several or many smaller leaves or leaflets; having simple leaflets arranged on both sides of a common leaves or leaflets; having simple leaflets divided into several or many smaller processes. Also, provided with fins.

Pint

a measure of capacity used both for dry and liquid measures. It contains 34.65925 cubic inches, or the eighth part of a gallon. In medicine it is equivalent to 12 ounces.

Piombi

the notorious roof cells (sotto piombi, "under the leads") of the state prisons of Venice, in which Casanova and many other notable prisoners were confined.

Pioneer

one of a body of soldiers equipped with pickax, spade, etc., whose duty it is to clear and repair roads, bridges, etc. Also, one who goes before to prepare or clear the way, or remove obstructions for another, especially in the settlement of a new region.

Piotrkow

a town of Russian Poland, 87 miles S. W. of Warsaw. Cotton and wool spinning is largely prosecuted.

It is one of the oldest Polish towns; here in the 15th and 16th centuries diets were held and the kings elected. Pop. about 45,000. The place was captured by the Germans in 1915.

Pip

a disease in fowls, consisting in a secretion of thick mucus from the tongue and lining membranes of the mouth, by which the nostrils are stuffed and clogged.

Pipe

a long hollow body or tube, made of various materials, as earthen- Araceli, Rome. He left many exquisite ware, iron, lead, copper, glass, etc. The altar pieces; he never painted in oil. He died in Siena, Italy, Sept. 11, 1513.

Pipe Clay

a variety of clay adapted by its plasticity and freedom from impurities for the manufacture of pipes.

Pipe Fish

a popular name for any Siphonostomata typhle is the broad- individual of the family Syngnathidx. nosed pipefish; Nerophis æquoreus, the ocean pipefish; N. lumbriciformis, the worm, or little pipefish; and N. ophidion, the straight-nosed pipefish. abriciformis, the

Pique

a French material, made of two cotton threads, one thicker than the other, which are woven, and united at thickness. certain points, and there made an extra tween two persons with 32 cards-viz.

Piping Crow

the Gymnorhina tibicen, a bird from New South Wales. It has great powers of mimicry; called also the flute player. Also the Gymnorhinnæ, a sub-family of Corvidx, with five genera.