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▪ I. piend Arch. local.|piːnd| [Origin unascertained.] The edge or angle formed by the meeting of two surfaces. Also attrib., as piend check, piend joint, piend rafter, piend stone, piend tree.
1842–76Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Piend, an arris; a salient angle; a hip. It is a northern appellation. Ibid., Piend Check, the rebate formed on the piend or angle at the bottom of the riser of a stone step of a stair, to catch upon the angle formed at the top of the under step. 1881Archit. Publ. Soc. Dict., Pien, Peind or Piend, a term used in the south-west districts of Scotland, being the hip rafter of a roof. It is sometimes called ‘pien-tree’. Pien stone, the stone covering the rafter in continuation of the ridge stones. ▪ II. piend dial. form of pein n.
1882in Ogilvie. |