a moth of the genus lithophane, as l. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.-a feather; a quill.-a wing, literal or figurative.-the joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.-a fetter for the arm.-a cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see rack); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.-to bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.-to disable by cutting off the pinion joint.-to disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, esp. by binding the arms to the body.-hence, generally, to confine; to bind; to tie up.