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o the artist's name or initials on a painting, or engraved copy of a painting; as, Rubens pinxit, Rubens painted (this).

See Pinkster.

Abounding with pines. [Written also piney.] "The piny wood." Longfellow.

Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.

A climber of the Alps.

The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas.

Of or relating to the antelope.

To approach. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.

A drawing nigh; approach. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Nearness; propinquity. [R.] J. Gregory.

An arpent. [Obs.] Webster (1623).

A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.

A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed.

Pinched with hunger; starved. "The belly-pinched wolf." Shak.

To pinch, or mark with pinches. Chapman.

The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free- swimming stage.

Twice pinnate.

Doubly pinnatifid.

Having two spines.

relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, and Ledger. Bookkeeping by single entry, the method of keeping books by carrying the record of each transaction t…