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Pin"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.

Pin"worm` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons.

||Pinx"it (?). [L., perfect indicative 3d sing. of pingere to paint.] A ||word appended to the artist's name or initials on a painting, or ||engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted ||(this).

Pinx"ter (?), n. See Pinkster.

Pin"y (?), a. Abounding with pines. [Written also piney.] "The piny wood." Longfellow.

Pi"o*ned (?), a. A Shakespearean word of disputed meaning; perh., "abounding in marsh marigolds."

Thy banks with pioned and twilled brims.

Shak.

Pi`o*neer" (?), n. [F. pionier, orig., a foot soldier, OF. peonier, fr. OF. peon a foot soldier, F. pion. See Pawn in chess.] 1. (Mil.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.

2. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

Pi`o*neer", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Pioneered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pioneering.] To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.

Pi`o*ner" (?), n. A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak.

Pi"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) See Peony.

Pi"ot (?), n. [See Piet.] (Zoˆl.) The magpie. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Holland.

Pi"ous (?), a. [L. pius: cf. F. pieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to piety; exhibiting piety; reverential; dutiful; religious; devout; godly. "Pious hearts." Milton. "Pious poetry." Johnson.

Where was the martial brother's pious care?

Pope.

2. Practiced under the pretext of religion; prompted by mistaken piety; as, pious errors; pious frauds.

Syn. -- Godly; devout; religious; righteous.

Pi"ous*ly, adv. In a pious manner.

Pip (?), n. [OE. pippe, D. pip, or F. pÈpie; from LL. pipita, fr. L. pituita slime, phlegm, rheum, in fowls, the pip. Cf. Pituite.] A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a "scale" on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them.

Pip, n. [Formerly pippin, pepin. Cf. Pippin.] (Bot.) A seed, as of an apple or orange.

Pip, n. [Perh. for pick, F. pique a spade at cards, a pike. Cf. Pique.] One of the conventional figures or "spots" on playing cards, dominoes, etc. Addison.

Pip, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pipping.] [See Peep.] To cry or chirp, as a chicken; to peep.

To hear the chick pip and cry in the egg.

Boyle.

Pi*pa (?), n.; pl. Pipas (&?;). (Zoˆl.) The Surinam toad (Pipa Americana), noted for its peculiar breeding habits.

The male places the eggs on the back of the female, where they soon become inclosed in capsules formed by the thickening of the skin. The incubation of the eggs takes place in the capsules, and the young, when hatched, come forth with well developed legs.