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pinion

noun

a small gear, the teeth of which fit into those of a larger gear or those of a rack

noun

  1. the last bony section of a bird's wing
  2. Old Poet. a wing
  3. Old Poet. any wing feather

transitive verb

  1. to cut off or bind the pinions of (a bird) to keep it from flying
  2. to bind (the wings)
  3. to disable or impede by binding the arms of
  4. to confine or shackle

See pinion in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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