n. | 1. | (Zool.) A moth of the genus Lithophane, as Lithophane antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. |
| 1. | A feather; a quill. |
| 2. | A wing, literal or figurative. |
| 3. | The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body. |
| 4. | A fetter for the arm. |
| 5. | (Mech.) 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. |
v. t. | 1. | To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings. |
| 2. | To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. |
| 3. | To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body. |
| 4. | Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up. |