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▪ I. ‖ pignon1 ? Obs.
[F. pignon (piɲɔ̃) a pine-kernel = Sp. piñon, Pg. pinhão:—late L. type *pīniōn-em, f. pīnea pine-cone. Cf. pinion n.5, piñon.]
1. A pine-kernel; the edible seed of the stone-pine (Pinus Pinea) of the south of Europe, or of other species of pine.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxx. 292 There are great pine trees in New Spaine, though..they beare no pignons or kernells, but empty apples. 1866Treas. Bot., Pignon, or Pinone, the edible seed of the cones of various pines, as those of Pinus Pinea,..eaten in Italy.
†2. The physic-nut of S. America: = Pg. pinhão, pinion n.5 1. Obs.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxix. 289 There are a thousand of these simples fit to purge, as..pignons of Punua..and many other things.
▪ II. ‖ pignon2 Arch.|piɲɔ̃|
[F. pignon a gable-end = It. pignone (Littré), Romanic augmentative of L. pinna pinnacle; see pinion n.2]
A gable.
1875F. I. Scudamore Day Dreams 38 Rich in houses with gables and pignons. |