A variety of the game of billiards in which small wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls.

A drill with a central pin or projection to enter a hole, for enlarging the hole, or for sinking a recess for the head of a bolt, etc.; a counterbore.

(historical) An instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.

(horology) A pin against which a lever strikes, to limit its motion.

In locomotives, an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles.

The influence of a dispersion of fine particles on the movement of low- and high-angle grain boundaries through a polycrystalline material.

plural of split pin

A metal fastener with two tines, the ends of which project through an object being fastened and are bent back to hold it in place.

plural of kirby pin

Alternative form of kirby grip