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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pinion \Pin"ion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinioned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Pinioning}.]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the
wings. --Bacon.
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2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson.
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3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms,
esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak.
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Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper.
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4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
"Pinioned up by formal rules of state." --Norris.
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