pinions

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She points to her pinions stretched over the abyss of primeval fire, her eyes blinded by its awful glare, and remains silent.

These arbor teeth are in all cases called, not “wheels” but “pinions,” and in watch trains the wheels always drive the pinions.

The pinions are arranged so that they can be worked with the same screw key that is used for the bolts in the circular grooves.

They are very simple in form, consisting of a suitable cast body in which a pair of spur pinions having large teeth are carried.

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Now and then, in the midst of a figure, she would shoot me an arch glance, as much as to say that her pinions were strong now.

Let us now return the pinions we borrowed from Icarus, and prepare to bid farewell to the wilds.

An improvement, too, were the wire pinions—accessories much cheaper and simpler to produce than were those of wood.

The few night birds, sweeping swiftly on their strong pinions from one island to another, flew past them like flitting shadows.

If one traction wheel moves faster than the other these pinions move around and adjust the gears on either side.

One of the best known uses four little beveled pinions, which are placed in the main driving wheel as shown in the cut.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985