Pirn vs. Pin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pirn and Pin
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Pirn
A Pirn is a rod onto which weft thread is wound for use in weaving. Unlike a bobbin, it is fixed in place, and the thread is delivered off the end of the pirn rather than from the centre.
Pin
A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together, and can have three sorts of body: a shaft of a rigid inflexible material meant to be inserted in a slot, groove, or hole (as with pivots, hinges, and jigs); a shaft connected to a head and ending in a sharp tip meant to pierce one or more pieces of soft materials like cloth or paper (the straight or push pin); a single strip of a rigid but flexible material (e.g. a wire) whose length has been folded into parallel prongs in such fashion that the middle length of each curves towards the other so that, when anything is inserted between them, they act as a clamp (e.g.
Pirn
A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
Pin
An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.
Pirn
The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
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Pin
Attach or fasten with a pin or pins
Her hair was pinned back
He pinned the badge on to his lapel
Pirn
(transitive) To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
Pin
Hold (someone) firmly in a specified position so they are unable to move
Richards pinned him down until the police arrived
She was standing pinned against the door
Pirn
A quill or reed on which thread or yarn is wound; a bobbin; also, the wound yarn on a weaver's shuttle; also, the reel of a fishing rod.
Pin
Hinder or prevent (a piece or pawn) from moving because of the danger to a more valuable piece standing behind it along the line of an attack
The black rook on e4 is pinned
Pin
A short, straight, stiff piece of wire with a blunt head and a sharp point, used especially for fastening.
Pin
Something, such as a safety pin, that resembles such a piece of wire in shape or use.
Pin
A whit; a jot
Didn't care a pin about the matter.
Pin
A thin rod for securing the ends of fractured bones.
Pin
A peg for fixing the crown to the root of a tooth.
Pin
A cotter pin.
Pin
The part of a key stem entering a lock.
Pin
(Music) One of the pegs securing the strings and regulating their tension on a stringed instrument.
Pin
(Nautical) A belaying pin.
Pin
(Nautical) A thole pin.
Pin
An ornament fastened to clothing by means of a clasp.
Pin
A rolling pin.
Pin
One of the wooden clubs at which the ball is aimed in bowling.
Pin
A flagstick.
Pin
See fall.
Pin
Pins(Informal) The legs
Is steady on his pins.
Pin
(Electronics) A lead on a device that plugs into a socket to connect the device to a system.
Pin
Any of the pegs on the platen of a printer, which engage holes at the edges of paper.
Pin
Any of the styluses that form a dot matrix on a printer.
Pin
Any of the small metal prongs at the end of a connector that fit into the holes in a port.
Pin
To fasten or secure with or as if with a pin or pins.
Pin
To transfix.
Pin
To place in a position of trusting dependence
He pinned his faith on an absurdity.
Pin
To hold fast; immobilize
He was pinned under the wreckage of the truck.
Pin
(Sports) To win a fall from in wrestling.
Pin
To give (a woman) a fraternity pin in token of attachment.
Pin
Having a grain suggestive of the heads of pins. Used of leather.
Pin
A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
Pin
A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
Pin
A cylinder often of wood or metal used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.
Pull the pin out of the grenade before throwing it at the enemy.
Pin
The victory condition of holding the opponent's shoulders on the wrestling mat for a prescribed period of time.
Pin
A slender object specially designed for use in a specific game or sport, such as skittles or bowling.
Pin
A leg.
I'm not so good on my pins these days.
Pin
(electricity) Any of the individual connecting elements of a multipole electrical connector.
The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
Pin
A piece of jewellery that is attached to clothing with a pin.
Pin
(US) A simple accessory that can be attached to clothing with a pin or fastener, often round and bearing a design, logo or message, and used for decoration, identification or to show political affiliation, etc.
Pin
(chess) Either a scenario in which moving a lesser piece to escape from attack would expose a more valuable piece to being taken instead, or one where moving a piece is impossible as it would place the king in check.
Pin
(golf) The flagstick: the flag-bearing pole which marks the location of a hole
Pin
(curling) The spot at the exact centre of the house (the target area)
The shot landed right on the pin.
Pin
(archery) The spot at the exact centre of the target, originally a literal pin that fastened the target in place.
Pin
(obsolete) A mood, a state of being.
Pin
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each person should drink.
Pin
Caligo.
Pin
A thing of small value; a trifle.
Pin
A peg in musical instruments for increasing or relaxing the tension of the strings.
Pin
(engineering) A short shaft, sometimes forming a bolt, a part of which serves as a journal.
Pin
The tenon of a dovetail joint.
Pin
A size of brewery cask, equal to half a firkin, or eighth of a barrel.
Pin
(informal) A pinball machine.
I spent most of my time in the arcade playing pins.
Pin
(locksmithing) A small cylindrical object which blocks the rotation of a pin-tumbler lock when the incorrect key is inserted.
Pin
(often followed by a preposition such as "to" or "on") To fasten or attach (something) with a pin.
Pin
To cause (a piece) to be in a pin.
Pin
(wrestling) To pin down (someone).
He pinned his opponent on the mat.
Pin
To enclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Pin
To attach (an icon, application, message etc.) to another item so that it persists.
To pin a folder to the taskbar
Pin
To fix (an array in memory, a security certificate, etc.) so that it cannot be modified.
When marshaling data, the interop marshaler can copy or pin the data being marshaled.
Pin
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Pin
(transitive) To cause an analog gauge to reach the stop pin at the high end of the range.
Pin
To peen.
Pin
To inclose; to confine; to pen; to pound.
Pin
To fasten with, or as with, a pin; to join; as, to pin a garment; to pin boards together.
Pin
A piece of wood, metal, etc., generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together, or as a support by which one article may be suspended from another; a peg; a bolt.
With pins of adamantAnd chains they made all fast.
Pin
Especially, a small, pointed and headed piece of brass or other wire (commonly tinned), largely used for fastening clothes, attaching papers, etc.
Pin
Hence, a thing of small value; a trifle.
He . . . did not care a pin for her.
Pin
That which resembles a pin in its form or use
Pin
One of a row of pegs in the side of an ancient drinking cup to mark how much each man should drink.
Pin
The bull's eye, or center, of a target; hence, the center.
Pin
Mood; humor.
Pin
Caligo. See Caligo.
Pin
An ornament, as a brooch or badge, fastened to the clothing by a pin; as, a Masonic pin.
Pin
The leg; as, to knock one off his pins.
Pin
A piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment
Pin
When a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
Pin
Small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
Pin
A number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts
Pin
Informal terms of the leg;
Fever left him weak on his sticks
Pin
Axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
Pin
Cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown
Pin
Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
Pin
A small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things
Pin
A holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Pin
A club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in groups as a target
Pin
To hold fast or prevent from moving;
The child was pinned under the fallen tree
Pin
Attach or fasten with pins
Pin
Pierce with a pin;
Pin down the butterfly
Pin
Immobilize a piece
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