PIGEONWING

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.

2.
n.

An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped.

3.
n.

(Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing.

4.
n.

A certain fancy figure in skating.

5.
n.

(Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.


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