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temper-pin Sc.
[f. temper n. + pin n.]
1. The wooden screw used in regulating the tightness of the band of a spinning-wheel; fig. temper, disposition.
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. a1796Burns There was a Lass i, Ay she shook the temper-pin. 1864W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin iii, A hole in her chackit apron claught haud o' the temper pin, whan doon gaed Bessie an' the wheel. Ibid. x, Mr. G.'s temper pin was nae wise improved by the..catastrophe.
†2. A tuning-screw or peg of a violin, etc. Obs.
1786Burns Ep. Maj. Logan iv, Heaven send your heart⁓strings aye in tune, And screw your temper-pins aboon. 1788Shirrefs Poems (1790) 339 Gin the temper-pin ye'll screw, And gi'es a sang. |