pincushionn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn/, U.S.

/ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/

Forms: see pin n.¹ and cushion n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pin n.¹, cushion n.

Etymology: < pin n.¹ + cushion n. Compare earlier pin-pillow n.

1. A small cushion in which pins are stuck in readiness for use.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > pin > pin-cushion

pincase1480

pin-pillow1481

cushionet1542

pincushion1605

pinball1803

pinholder1889

1605 P. Erondelle French Garden sig. E5^v Is there no small pinnes for my Cuffes? Looke in the pinne-cushen.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xv. 121 One leaning on a Pin-cusion, a needle run into his Finger, and a piece of it broke off.

1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 209 I have got her pincushion to stick for her.

1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) ii. 58 There is a little pincushion which you will give Bee with my love.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 90 I remember admiring..her needlework. She..brought..a pincushion..when she came to visit us.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 165 A little pincushion, a little housewife, a little book, a little workbox.

1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. viii. 134 She had to take the pins out of her mouth before she could speak, which was inconvenient, for no pincushion is ever so handy.

1902 Harper's Mag. May 990/1 One pin-cushion has on it a wonderful robin, large as life.

1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 161 A small pincushion made of pink imitation silk with the bodiced torso of a henna-wigged china doll sprouting from it.

1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 340/3 A Tunbridgeware needle box and pin cushions.

2. Any of various plants with flowers in globular heads, esp. ones with protruding stamens or styles suggesting pins in a pincushion; spec. (a) any of several kinds of scabious, esp. the sweet scabious or mourning widow, Scabiosa atropurpurea, a popular garden annual; †(b) English regional the snowball tree, Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’ (obsolete); (c) U.S. any of several herbaceous plants of the genus Chaenactis (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), having discoid flower heads and occurring in western North America; (d) (in full blue pincushion, Australian pincushion), an Australian herbaceous plant, Brunonia australis (family Brunoniaceae), with rounded heads of blue flowers; (e) South African = pincushion protea n. at Compounds 2.robin's pincushion n. at robin n.¹ Compounds 3b.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers

heliotropec1000

flower jaunette1423

helichrysum1551

sunflower1562

Armeria1578

hyacinth1578

pimpernel1578

vaccin1589

heliochryse1593

purple1604

sunflower1622

mayflower1626

starflower1629

bluebottle1648

pink1731

trumpet-flower1732

fly-wort1753

witches' thimbles1820

honey plant1824

black-eyed Susan1836

shell-flower1845

pincushion1847

pincushion flower1856

nightingale1862

garland-flower1866

paper-white1880

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 625/1 Pincushion, the sweet scabious. East.

1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 380 Pincushion, Viburnum Opulus, L. (garden form). Heref.

1901 W. L. Jepson Flora Western Middle Calif. 476 Mourning Bride..[is] called ‘Pin Cushion’ by children at East Oakland.

1941 E. C. Jaeger Desert Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) 298 Mohave Pincushion. Chaenactis macrantha... A low annual, with reddish-brown stems.

1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 72 Brunonia... Species Cultivated: B. australis, ‘Blue Pincushion’, blue, 9 in., summer, Tasmania.

1961 J. H. Thomas Flora Santa Cruz Mountains 327 S. atropurpurea... Pincushion. Becoming increasingly common along roads and highways.

1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 118/2 Pincushion, Australian, or blue pincushion, the popular name for Brunonia,..low herbaceous perennials, bearing blue flowers in very effective long-stalked heads.

1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 541 Most of the pincushions are shrubs but several species grow into trees.

1979 R. Spellenberg Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Wildflowers, W. Region 353 Esteve's Pincushion (Chaenactis stevioides)... A small, openly branched plant with heads of white disk flowers.

1986 Plant Dis. 70 33 A new disease of cultivated pincushions (Leucospermum spp.)..is described... The disease occurs in the major pincushion production areas of the southwestern Cape Province.

3. More fully sea pincushion. Any of various starfishes having the aboral surface covered with paxillae. Now usually attributive.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > order Phanerozonia > member of genus Goniaster

cushion-star1843

sea pincushion1863

1863 G. S. Brady in Intellectual Observer IV. 253 Goniaster equestris, the Sea-pincushion, as it is called by our northern fishermen..the large fleshy mass of the animal is covered thickly with round bosses or tubercles of the size of a large pin's head.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. x. 169 Starfishes or Asteroids... Examples: the common starfish (Asterias)..; the pincushion star (Porania); [etc.].

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xxi. 380/2 Members of the elongate pearlfish family..live by day inside mollusks and various echinoderms such as sea cucumbers and pincushion starfish.

4. U.S. Any of various rounded spiny cacti found in North America; esp. one of the genera Coryphantha or Echinocereus. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. pincushion cactus n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti

hedgehog thistle1597

Opuntia1601

mescal1709

Barbados gooseberry1756

night-flowering cereus1789

vygebosch1795

night-blooming cereus1799

rhipsalis1819

pigface1830

window plant1838

old man cactus1845

cholla1846

fish-hook cactus1846

spleenwort1846

epiphyllum1858

old man's head1858

rainbow cactus1860

green snake1864

torchwood1866

queen of the night1870

vingerpol1875

nipple cactus1876

niggerhead1877

rat's tail cactus1878

rat-tail cactus1878

Christmas cactus1880

barrel cactus1881

peyote1885

mistletoe cactus1889

schlumbergera1898

pincushion1940

opuntioid1944

1940 L. D. Benson Cacti of Arizona 119 Mammillaria aggregata [= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus]... Common pincushion... Low-growing cactus.

1973 Arizona Highways 20 The Arizona Pincushion (Coryphantha vivipara) prefers the cooler, wetter climate near Sedona.

5. = pincushioning n. Also: an instance of this.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > optical distortions

refraction1698

suppression1702

aerial perspective1704

irradiation1834

double image1880

barrel distortion1889

pincushion distortion1892

Poggendorff illusion1898

Ponzo illusion1942

pincushioning1947

space myopia1962

pincushion1968

Müller-Lyer1972

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 374 Small flaps such as this may have a slight tendency to contract centripedally [sic]—to form a ‘pin-cushion’.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Dec. 5/2 (advt.) Absolute planarity (absence of ‘pincushion’ and ‘doughnut’) and perfect alignment.

2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Dec. 31 There is a very slight pincushion effect, but both colour and brilliance are the same from the centre of the screen right up to the edges.

Compounds

C1.

pincushion-box n.

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1706 London Gaz. No. 4206/4 Stolen.., a Pincushion-Box.

1788 S. Trimmer Two Farmers 71 A little table..on which stood a small swing-glass, and a pincushion-box.

2001 New Design for Pincushion Box in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet newsgroup) 3 Dec. This design fits in a Sudburry pincushion box and also includes a tiny needlebook and scissors weight.

pincushion clamp n.

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1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 341/1 Two rosewood pin cushion clamps.

1997 Boston Globe (Nexis) 12 Oct. g26 Shaker accessories range from a mustard pin cushion clamp and swift to a spinning wheel.

pincushion-maker n.

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1760 O. Goldsmith in Brit. Mag. Oct. 577/1 He to sell his puppets to the pincusion-makers in Rosemary-lane.

2002 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 26 Dec. e16 St. Sebastian is also the patron saint of pincushion-makers.

C2.

pincushion cactus n. any of various rounded spiny cacti found in North America; esp. one of the genus Mammillaria; cf. sense 4.

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1882 Bot. Gaz. 7 9 The innocent pincushion cactus, that only catches to your feet and clothing with its fishhook spines.

1939 B. C. Tharp Vegetation of Texas 63 Pincushion Cacti (Echinocactus spp.) are widespread westward.

1985 N. N. Dodge Flowers of Southwest Deserts 52 Pincushion cactus..the little Mammillarias... Small and forming low clumps.

pincushion distortion n. a form of optical distortion in which straight lines along the edge of a screen, lens, etc., bulge towards the centre; cf. barrel distortion n. at barrel n. Compounds 2.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > optical distortions

refraction1698

suppression1702

aerial perspective1704

irradiation1834

double image1880

barrel distortion1889

pincushion distortion1892

Poggendorff illusion1898

Ponzo illusion1942

pincushioning1947

space myopia1962

pincushion1968

Müller-Lyer1972

1886 J. H. Dallmeyer Choice & Use Photogr. Lenses 22 If the stop is placed at the same distance behind the lens..the result is the opposite kind, or ‘pincushion’-shaped distortion.]

1892 A. Brothers Photogr. i. iii. 48 The effect consists..in the curvature of the images of straight lines produced by marginal rays causing barrel-shaped or ‘pincushion distortion’.

1990 PIC July 74/4 I check for faults through the viewfinder. As I zoom, can I see barrel or pincushion distortion?

pincushion doll n. a decorative doll, usually having a china head and torso, and a skirt in the form of a pincushion.

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1912 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 12 July 3/5 Pincushion dolls never were more attractive, as they are now dressed to represent every nation having a distinct costume.

2002 Piecework Nov.–Dec. 54/1 In addition to the name ‘pincushion dolls’, half dolls also are referred to as ‘dresser dolls’, ‘tops’, ‘pin heads’, and ‘whiskbroom dolls’.

pincushion flower n. (a) = sense 2(a); (b) Australian = pincushion hakea n.; (c) U.S. = sense 2(c).

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heliotropec1000

flower jaunette1423

helichrysum1551

sunflower1562

Armeria1578

hyacinth1578

pimpernel1578

vaccin1589

heliochryse1593

purple1604

sunflower1622

mayflower1626

starflower1629

bluebottle1648

pink1731

trumpet-flower1732

fly-wort1753

witches' thimbles1820

honey plant1824

black-eyed Susan1836

shell-flower1845

pincushion1847

pincushion flower1856

nightingale1862

garland-flower1866

paper-white1880

1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 103 Scabiosa atro-purpurea... Pincushion Flower.

1911 W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 201 Hakea laurina ‘Pin Cushion Flower’ (evergreen shrub or tree, 10 to 30 ft.), f[lowers] crimson—W. Aust.

1933 Torreya 33 59 In this world of picturesque grandeur..[is] the pure white pincushion flower (Chaenactis douglasii).

1938 T. Y. Harris Wild Flowers Austral. 25 Pincushion Flower (Hakea laurina)... Pink blossoms with cream stigmas projecting for some distance and the flowers in globular heads have earned the name for this most attractive plant.

1972 F. Perry Flowers of World 101/1 S. caucasica, the Pincushion Flower, was introduced to Britain in 1591 and has become a favourite for border and cut-flower work.

1995 Smithsonian Mar. 80 A few desert basins have been freckled with white dots of pincushion flowers.

pincushion hakea n. an Australian shrub, Hakea laurina (family Proteaceae), which has pink flowers in globular heads and projecting stigmas.

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1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants iii. 265 H[akea] laurina. Pincushion Hakea. A large bushy shrub with flat, lanceolate, greenish-red leaves and pink pincushion-like flowers.

2001 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 31 Mar. w16 The pink flowers of the pincushion hakea make a wonderful display on a small evergreen tree.

pincushion protea n. any of various southern African shrubs or small trees constituting the genus Leucospermum (family Proteaceae), which have heads of tubular flowers with protruding styles.

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1957 L. G. Green Beyond City Lights 214 Caledon has the rarest and choicest wildflowers;..the coral-red pincushion protea.

2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June l4 Dad made small talk with an Aptos flower farmer selling pincushion proteas for $1.50 a stem.

Derivatives

ˈpinˌcushiony adj. resembling a pincushion.

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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump

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frimOE

fullOE

overfatOE

greatOE

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fattishc1369

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corsious1430

corpulentc1440

corsyc1440

fulsome1447

portlyc1487

corporate1509

foggy fata1529

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plump1545

fatty1552

fleshful1552

pubble1566

plum1570

pursy1576

well-fleshed1576

gross?1577

fog1582

forfatted1586

gulchy1598

bouksome1600

fat-fed1607

meatified1607

chuff1609

plumpya1616

bloat1638

blowze-like1647

obese1651

jollya1661

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pussy1688

sappy1694

crummy1718

chubby1722

fodgel1724

well-padded1737

beefy1743

plumpish1753

pudsy1754

rotund1762

portable1770

lusty1777

roundabout1787

well-cushioned1802

plenitudinous1803

stout1804

embonpointc1806

roly-poly1808

adipose1810

roll-about1815

foggy1817

poddy1823

porky1828

hide-blown1834

tubby1835

stoutish1836

tubbish1836

superfatted1841

pottle-bodied1842

pincushiony1851

opulent1882

well-covered1884

well-upholstered1886

butterball1888

endomorphic1888

tisty-tosty1888

pachyntic1890

barrel-bodied1894

overweight1899

pussy-gutted1906

upholstered1924

1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era 4 Sept. 141/1 A little, short, round, pincushiony woman stood at the door.

1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 531 The pin-cushiony masses of the strawberry pitahaya.

2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. 77 The pin-cushiony sea pink, or thrift..is a plant of coastal cliffs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pincushion
释义	pincushionn. Brit. /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/ Forms: see pin n.¹ and cushion n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pin n.¹, cushion n. Etymology: < pin n.¹ + cushion n. Compare earlier pin-pillow n. 1. A small cushion in which pins are stuck in readiness for use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > sewing > equipment for > pin > pin-cushion pincase1480 pin-pillow1481 cushionet1542 pincushion1605 pinball1803 pinholder1889 1605 P. Erondelle French Garden sig. E5^v Is there no small pinnes for my Cuffes? Looke in the pinne-cushen. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xv. 121 One leaning on a Pin-cusion, a needle run into his Finger, and a piece of it broke off. 1729 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 209 I have got her pincushion to stick for her. 1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) ii. 58 There is a little pincushion which you will give Bee with my love. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) I. v. 90 I remember admiring..her needlework. She..brought..a pincushion..when she came to visit us. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. i. 165 A little pincushion, a little housewife, a little book, a little workbox. 1890 M. Oliphant Kirsteen I. viii. 134 She had to take the pins out of her mouth before she could speak, which was inconvenient, for no pincushion is ever so handy. 1902 Harper's Mag. May 990/1 One pin-cushion has on it a wonderful robin, large as life. 1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 161 A small pincushion made of pink imitation silk with the bodiced torso of a henna-wigged china doll sprouting from it. 1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 340/3 A Tunbridgeware needle box and pin cushions. 2. Any of various plants with flowers in globular heads, esp. ones with protruding stamens or styles suggesting pins in a pincushion; spec. (a) any of several kinds of scabious, esp. the sweet scabious or mourning widow, Scabiosa atropurpurea, a popular garden annual; †(b) English regional the snowball tree, Viburnum opulus ‘Roseum’ (obsolete); (c) U.S. any of several herbaceous plants of the genus Chaenactis (family Asteraceae ( Compositae)), having discoid flower heads and occurring in western North America; (d) (in full blue pincushion, Australian pincushion), an Australian herbaceous plant, Brunonia australis (family Brunoniaceae), with rounded heads of blue flowers; (e) South African = pincushion protea n. at Compounds 2.robin's pincushion n. at robin n.¹ Compounds 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers heliotropec1000 flower jaunette1423 helichrysum1551 sunflower1562 Armeria1578 hyacinth1578 pimpernel1578 vaccin1589 heliochryse1593 purple1604 sunflower1622 mayflower1626 starflower1629 bluebottle1648 pink1731 trumpet-flower1732 fly-wort1753 witches' thimbles1820 honey plant1824 black-eyed Susan1836 shell-flower1845 pincushion1847 pincushion flower1856 nightingale1862 garland-flower1866 paper-white1880 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 625/1 Pincushion, the sweet scabious. East. 1886 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 380 Pincushion, Viburnum Opulus, L. (garden form). Heref. 1901 W. L. Jepson Flora Western Middle Calif. 476 Mourning Bride..[is] called ‘Pin Cushion’ by children at East Oakland. 1941 E. C. Jaeger Desert Wild Flowers (rev. ed.) 298 Mohave Pincushion. Chaenactis macrantha... A low annual, with reddish-brown stems. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 72 Brunonia... Species Cultivated: B. australis, ‘Blue Pincushion’, blue, 9 in., summer, Tasmania. 1961 J. H. Thomas Flora Santa Cruz Mountains 327 S. atropurpurea... Pincushion. Becoming increasingly common along roads and highways. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 118/2 Pincushion, Australian, or blue pincushion, the popular name for Brunonia,..low herbaceous perennials, bearing blue flowers in very effective long-stalked heads. 1972 E. Palmer & N. Pitman Trees Southern Afr. I. 541 Most of the pincushions are shrubs but several species grow into trees. 1979 R. Spellenberg Audubon Soc. Field Guide N. Amer. Wildflowers, W. Region 353 Esteve's Pincushion (Chaenactis stevioides)... A small, openly branched plant with heads of white disk flowers. 1986 Plant Dis. 70 33 A new disease of cultivated pincushions (Leucospermum spp.)..is described... The disease occurs in the major pincushion production areas of the southwestern Cape Province. 3. More fully sea pincushion. Any of various starfishes having the aboral surface covered with paxillae. Now usually attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > order Phanerozonia > member of genus Goniaster cushion-star1843 sea pincushion1863 1863 G. S. Brady in Intellectual Observer IV. 253 Goniaster equestris, the Sea-pincushion, as it is called by our northern fishermen..the large fleshy mass of the animal is covered thickly with round bosses or tubercles of the size of a large pin's head. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. x. 169 Starfishes or Asteroids... Examples: the common starfish (Asterias)..; the pincushion star (Porania); [etc.]. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xxi. 380/2 Members of the elongate pearlfish family..live by day inside mollusks and various echinoderms such as sea cucumbers and pincushion starfish. 4. U.S. Any of various rounded spiny cacti found in North America; esp. one of the genera Coryphantha or Echinocereus. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. pincushion cactus n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > other cacti hedgehog thistle1597 Opuntia1601 mescal1709 Barbados gooseberry1756 night-flowering cereus1789 vygebosch1795 night-blooming cereus1799 rhipsalis1819 pigface1830 window plant1838 old man cactus1845 cholla1846 fish-hook cactus1846 spleenwort1846 epiphyllum1858 old man's head1858 rainbow cactus1860 green snake1864 torchwood1866 queen of the night1870 vingerpol1875 nipple cactus1876 niggerhead1877 rat's tail cactus1878 rat-tail cactus1878 Christmas cactus1880 barrel cactus1881 peyote1885 mistletoe cactus1889 schlumbergera1898 pincushion1940 opuntioid1944 1940 L. D. Benson Cacti of Arizona 119 Mammillaria aggregata [= Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. melanacanthus]... Common pincushion... Low-growing cactus. 1973 Arizona Highways 20 The Arizona Pincushion (Coryphantha vivipara) prefers the cooler, wetter climate near Sedona. 5. = pincushioning n. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > optical distortions refraction1698 suppression1702 aerial perspective1704 irradiation1834 double image1880 barrel distortion1889 pincushion distortion1892 Poggendorff illusion1898 Ponzo illusion1942 pincushioning1947 space myopia1962 pincushion1968 Müller-Lyer1972 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Plastic Surg. 21 374 Small flaps such as this may have a slight tendency to contract centripedally [sic]—to form a ‘pin-cushion’. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Dec. 5/2 (advt.) Absolute planarity (absence of ‘pincushion’ and ‘doughnut’) and perfect alignment. 2002 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 Dec. 31 There is a very slight pincushion effect, but both colour and brilliance are the same from the centre of the screen right up to the edges. Compounds C1. pincushion-box n. ΚΠ 1706 London Gaz. No. 4206/4 Stolen.., a Pincushion-Box. 1788 S. Trimmer Two Farmers 71 A little table..on which stood a small swing-glass, and a pincushion-box. 2001 New Design for Pincushion Box in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet newsgroup) 3 Dec. This design fits in a Sudburry pincushion box and also includes a tiny needlebook and scissors weight. pincushion clamp n. ΚΠ 1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 341/1 Two rosewood pin cushion clamps. 1997 Boston Globe (Nexis) 12 Oct. g26 Shaker accessories range from a mustard pin cushion clamp and swift to a spinning wheel. pincushion-maker n. ΚΠ 1760 O. Goldsmith in Brit. Mag. Oct. 577/1 He to sell his puppets to the pincusion-makers in Rosemary-lane. 2002 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 26 Dec. e16 St. Sebastian is also the patron saint of pincushion-makers. C2. pincushion cactus n. any of various rounded spiny cacti found in North America; esp. one of the genus Mammillaria; cf. sense 4. ΚΠ 1882 Bot. Gaz. 7 9 The innocent pincushion cactus, that only catches to your feet and clothing with its fishhook spines. 1939 B. C. Tharp Vegetation of Texas 63 Pincushion Cacti (Echinocactus spp.) are widespread westward. 1985 N. N. Dodge Flowers of Southwest Deserts 52 Pincushion cactus..the little Mammillarias... Small and forming low clumps. pincushion distortion n. a form of optical distortion in which straight lines along the edge of a screen, lens, etc., bulge towards the centre; cf. barrel distortion n. at barrel n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion > optical distortions refraction1698 suppression1702 aerial perspective1704 irradiation1834 double image1880 barrel distortion1889 pincushion distortion1892 Poggendorff illusion1898 Ponzo illusion1942 pincushioning1947 space myopia1962 pincushion1968 Müller-Lyer1972 1886 J. H. Dallmeyer Choice & Use Photogr. Lenses 22 If the stop is placed at the same distance behind the lens..the result is the opposite kind, or ‘pincushion’-shaped distortion.] 1892 A. Brothers Photogr. i. iii. 48 The effect consists..in the curvature of the images of straight lines produced by marginal rays causing barrel-shaped or ‘pincushion distortion’. 1990 PIC July 74/4 I check for faults through the viewfinder. As I zoom, can I see barrel or pincushion distortion? pincushion doll n. a decorative doll, usually having a china head and torso, and a skirt in the form of a pincushion. ΚΠ 1912 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 12 July 3/5 Pincushion dolls never were more attractive, as they are now dressed to represent every nation having a distinct costume. 2002 Piecework Nov.–Dec. 54/1 In addition to the name ‘pincushion dolls’, half dolls also are referred to as ‘dresser dolls’, ‘tops’, ‘pin heads’, and ‘whiskbroom dolls’. pincushion flower n. (a) = sense 2(a); (b) Australian = pincushion hakea n.; (c) U.S. = sense 2(c). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > names applied to various flowers heliotropec1000 flower jaunette1423 helichrysum1551 sunflower1562 Armeria1578 hyacinth1578 pimpernel1578 vaccin1589 heliochryse1593 purple1604 sunflower1622 mayflower1626 starflower1629 bluebottle1648 pink1731 trumpet-flower1732 fly-wort1753 witches' thimbles1820 honey plant1824 black-eyed Susan1836 shell-flower1845 pincushion1847 pincushion flower1856 nightingale1862 garland-flower1866 paper-white1880 1856 ‘E. S. Delamer’ Flower Garden 103 Scabiosa atro-purpurea... Pincushion Flower. 1911 W. R. Guilfoyle Austral. Plants 201 Hakea laurina ‘Pin Cushion Flower’ (evergreen shrub or tree, 10 to 30 ft.), f[lowers] crimson—W. Aust. 1933 Torreya 33 59 In this world of picturesque grandeur..[is] the pure white pincushion flower (Chaenactis douglasii). 1938 T. Y. Harris Wild Flowers Austral. 25 Pincushion Flower (Hakea laurina)... Pink blossoms with cream stigmas projecting for some distance and the flowers in globular heads have earned the name for this most attractive plant. 1972 F. Perry Flowers of World 101/1 S. caucasica, the Pincushion Flower, was introduced to Britain in 1591 and has become a favourite for border and cut-flower work. 1995 Smithsonian Mar. 80 A few desert basins have been freckled with white dots of pincushion flowers. pincushion hakea n. an Australian shrub, Hakea laurina (family Proteaceae), which has pink flowers in globular heads and projecting stigmas. ΚΠ 1967 A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants iii. 265 H[akea] laurina. Pincushion Hakea. A large bushy shrub with flat, lanceolate, greenish-red leaves and pink pincushion-like flowers. 2001 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 31 Mar. w16 The pink flowers of the pincushion hakea make a wonderful display on a small evergreen tree. pincushion protea n. any of various southern African shrubs or small trees constituting the genus Leucospermum (family Proteaceae), which have heads of tubular flowers with protruding styles. ΚΠ 1957 L. G. Green Beyond City Lights 214 Caledon has the rarest and choicest wildflowers;..the coral-red pincushion protea. 2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June l4 Dad made small talk with an Aptos flower farmer selling pincushion proteas for $1.50 a stem. Derivatives ˈpinˌcushiony adj. resembling a pincushion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump fatc893 frimOE fullOE overfatOE greatOE bald1297 roundc1300 encorsivea1340 fattishc1369 fleshyc1369 fleshlyc1374 repletea1398 largec1405 corsious1430 corpulentc1440 corsyc1440 fulsome1447 portlyc1487 corporate1509 foggy fata1529 corsive1530 foggish?1537 plump1545 fatty1552 fleshful1552 pubble1566 plum1570 pursy1576 well-fleshed1576 gross?1577 fog1582 forfatted1586 gulchy1598 bouksome1600 fat-fed1607 meatified1607 chuff1609 plumpya1616 bloat1638 blowze-like1647 obese1651 jollya1661 bloated1664 chubbed1674 pluffya1689 puffya1689 pussy1688 sappy1694 crummy1718 chubby1722 fodgel1724 well-padded1737 beefy1743 plumpish1753 pudsy1754 rotund1762 portable1770 lusty1777 roundabout1787 well-cushioned1802 plenitudinous1803 stout1804 embonpointc1806 roly-poly1808 adipose1810 roll-about1815 foggy1817 poddy1823 porky1828 hide-blown1834 tubby1835 stoutish1836 tubbish1836 superfatted1841 pottle-bodied1842 pincushiony1851 opulent1882 well-covered1884 well-upholstered1886 butterball1888 endomorphic1888 tisty-tosty1888 pachyntic1890 barrel-bodied1894 overweight1899 pussy-gutted1906 upholstered1924 1851 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era 4 Sept. 141/1 A little, short, round, pincushiony woman stood at the door. 1948 Amer. Midland Naturalist 40 531 The pin-cushiony masses of the strawberry pitahaya. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 6 Apr. 77 The pin-cushiony sea pink, or thrift..is a plant of coastal cliffs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pincushionv. Brit. /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃn/, U.S. /ˈpɪnˌkʊʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pincushion n. Etymology: < pincushion n. transitive (in passive). To be pierced like a pincushion; to be covered in pricks or sharp points. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1860 W. M. Thackeray Lovel the Widower iv, in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 392 Her heart was pincushioned with his filial crimes. 1896 Argosy Feb. 459/2 He found that it was literally pincushioned with the sharp needles of the cactus. 1938 Helena (Montana) Independent 12 Sept. 5/6 Sheep..had been ‘pin cushioned’ by the corkscrew-like grass blades. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Mar. viii. 48/2 Next morning we looked for a corpse pincushioned by tent pegs but found only a couple sitting beneath their awning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605v.1860
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