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A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose
larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. |
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A feather; a quill. |
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A wing, literal or figurative. |
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The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. |
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A fetter for the arm. |
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A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted
to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); esp., such a wheel
having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which
is its axis. |
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To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding
the wings. |
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To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. |
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To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the
arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. |
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Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. |
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