No result for Inion. Showing similar results...
Cannon pinionCannon Can"non, n.; pl. Cannons, collectively Cannon. [F.
cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]
1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm
for discharging heavy shot with great force.
Note: Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass,
bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with
respect to the special service for which they are
intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval,
field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or
less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually
thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly
they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast,
solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for
the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense
consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive
steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are
sometimes called cannon. See Gun.
2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving
shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon.
Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or
iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied
to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made
for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are
sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with
explosives are properly called shells.
Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.]
Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size.
Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion
primer.
Cannon metal. See Gun Metal.
Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a
watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be
moved in setting.
Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls.
Cannon shot.
(a) A cannon ball.
(b) The range of a cannon. Disopinion
Disopinion Dis`o*pin"ion, n.
Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] --Bp.
Reynolds.
DominionDominion Do*min"ion, n. [LL. dominio, equiv. to L. dominium.
See Domain, Dungeon.]
1. Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and
controlling; independent right of possession, use, and
control; sovereignty; supremacy.
I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose
dominion is an everlasting dominion. --Dan. iv. 34.
To choose between dominion or slavery. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
2. Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency.
Objects placed foremost ought . . . have dominion
over things confused and transient. --Dryden.
3. That which is governed; territory over which authority is
exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as
subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used
figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions.
4. pl. A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See
Domination, 3. --Milton.
By him were all things created . . . whether they be
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers.
--Col. i. 16.
Syn: Sovereignty; control; rule; authority; jurisdiction;
government; territory; district; region. Dominion Day
Dominion Day Do*min"ion Day
In Canada, a legal holiday, July lst, being the anniversary
of the proclamation of the formation of the Dominion in 1867.
MinionMinion Min"ion, a. [See 2d Minion.]
Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] ``Their . . . minion dancing.'
--Fryth. Minion
Minion Min"ion, n.
Minimum. [Obs.] --Burton.
Minionette
Minionette Min`ion*ette", a.
Small; delicate. [Obs.] ``His minionette face.' --Walpole.
Minionette
Minionette Min"ion*ette, n. (Print.)
A size of type between nonpareil and minion; -- used in
ornamental borders, etc.
Minioning
Minioning Min"ion*ing, n.
Kind treatment. [Obs.]
Minionize
Minionize Min"ion*ize, v. t.
To flavor. [Obs.]
Minionlike
Minionlike Min"ion*like`, Minionly Min"ion*ly, a. & adv.
Like a minion; daintily. --Camden.
Minionly
Minionlike Min"ion*like`, Minionly Min"ion*ly, a. & adv.
Like a minion; daintily. --Camden.
Minionship
Minionship Min"ion*ship, n.
State of being a minion. [R.]
Misopinion
Misopinion Mis`o*pin"ion, n.
Wrong opinion. [Obs.]
Old Dominion
Old Dominion Old Dominion
Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old
designation of the colony as ``the Colony and Dominion of
Virginia.'
Opinion
Opinion O*pin"ion, v. t.
To opine. [Obs.]
Opinionable
Opinionable O*pin"ion*a*ble, a.
Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be
thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine.
--C. J. Ellicott.
Opinionate
Opinionate O*pin"ion*ate, a.
Opinionated.
Opinionately
Opinionately O*pin"ion*ate*ly, adv.
Conceitedly. --Feltham.
Opinionatist
Opinionatist O*pin"ion*a*tist, n.
An opinionist. [Obs.]
Opinionator
Opinionator O*pin"ion*a`tor, n.
An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.]
--South.
Opinioned
Opinioned O*pin"ioned, a.
Opinionated; conceited.
His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious.
--Milton.
Opinionist
Opinionist O*pin"ion*ist, n. [Cf. F. opinioniste.]
One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own
opinions. --Glanvill.
PinionPinion Pin"ion, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose
larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples. PinionPinion Pin"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pinioning.]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the
wings. --Bacon.
2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson.
3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms,
esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak.
Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper.
4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
``Pinioned up by formal rules of state.' --Norris. PinionedPinion Pin"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pinioning.]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the
wings. --Bacon.
2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson.
3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms,
esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak.
Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper.
4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
``Pinioned up by formal rules of state.' --Norris. Pinioned
Pinioned Pin"ioned, a.
Having wings or pinions.
PinioningPinion Pin"ion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinioned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Pinioning.]
1. To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the
wings. --Bacon.
2. To disable by cutting off the pinion joint. --Johnson.
3. To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms,
esp. by binding the arms to the body. --Shak.
Her elbows pinioned close upon her hips. --Cowper.
4. Hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.
``Pinioned up by formal rules of state.' --Norris. Pinionist
Pinionist Pin"ion*ist, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any winged creature.
Postcomminion
Postcomminion Post`com*min"ion, n. [Pref. post- + communion.]
1. (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) The concluding portion of
the communion service.
2. (R. C. Ch.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at
Mass, after the ablutions.
Meaning of Inion from wikipedia
