temper-pinn.
Scottish.† 2. A tuning-screw or peg of a violin, etc. Obsolete.
1. The wooden screw used in regulating the tightness of the band of a spinning-wheel; figurative temper, disposition.
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17.. in Ritson Sc. Songs (1794) I. 175 My spinning-wheel is auld and stiff,..To keep the temper pin in tiff, Employs aft my hand, sir.
1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 156 Ay she shook the temper-pin.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin v. 45 A hole in her chackit apron claught hauds o' the temper-pin, when doon went Bessie an' the wheel.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin x Mr. G.'s temper pin was nae wise improved by the..catastrophe.
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1788 A. Shirrefs Poems (1790) 339 Gin the temper-pin ye'll screw, And gi'es a sang.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 301 Heav'n send your heart-strings ay in tune! An' screw your temper-pins aboon.
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