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A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate leaf, under Bipinnate.

A man-of-war's boat. Whilst our pinnace anchors in the Downs. Shak.

small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc. Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles aroun…

Poundage of cattle. See Pound. [Obs.]

side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

In a pinnate manner.

Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Having lobes arranged in a pinnate manner.

Having the toes bordered by membranes; fin-footed, as certain birds.

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

Twice pinnate.

Doubly pinnatifid.

Pinnate with a single terminal leaflet.

Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.

Having bipinnate leaflets arranged on each side of a rhachis.

Thrice pinnately cleft; -- said of a pinnatifid leaf when its segments are pinnatifid, and the subdivisions of these also are pinnatifid.

Precipitously. Abruptly pinnate (Bot.), pinnate without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end. Gray.

ian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the t…