| pint | (n) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 gills or 568.26 cubic centimeters |
| pint | (n) a United States dry unit equal to 0.5 quart or 33.6 cubic inches, Syn. dry pint |
| pint | (n) a United States liquid unit equal to 16 fluid ounces; two pints equal one quart |
| pintail | (n) long-necked river duck of the Old and New Worlds having elongated central tail feathers, Syn. Anas acuta, pin-tailed duck |
| pinter | (n) English dramatist whose plays are characterized by silences and the use of inaction (born in 1930), Syn. Harold Pinter |
| pintle | (n) a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge |
| pinto | (n) a spotted or calico horse or pony |
| pinto bean | (n) mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States; usually dried |
| pint-size | (adj) well below average height, Syn. sawn-off, runty, pint-sized, sawed-off |
| Pint | n. [ 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. ] A measure of capacity, equal to half a quart, or four gills, -- used in liquid and dry measures. See Quart. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pint | n. (Zool.) The laughing gull. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pintado | n.; pl. Pintados [ Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint. ] 1. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Pintail | n. 1. (Zool.) A northern duck (Dafila acuta), native of both continents. The adult male has a long, tapering tail. Called also gray duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Zool.) The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pintle | n. [ A diminutive of Pin. ] 1. A little pin. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Mech.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pinto | n. Any pied animal; esp., a pied or “painted” horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Pinto | a. [ Sp., painted. ] Lit., painted; hence, piebald; mottled; pied. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Pintos | n. pl.; sing. Pinto [ Sp., painted, mottled. ] (Eyhnol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pintsch gas | [ After Richard Pintsch, German inventor. ] A kind of oil gas extensively used for lighting railroad cars, which carry it in compressed form. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
