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▪ I. piny
U.S. and dial. variant of peony.
▪ II. piny, a.|ˈpaɪnɪ|
Also piney.
[f. pine n.2 + -y. Cf. briny, spiny.]
Abounding in, covered with, or consisting of pine-trees; of or pertaining to a pine-tree.
1627May Lucan i. 419 The loud blast of Thracian Boreas On piny Ossa. a1700Dryden Ovid's Met. i. 282, I..Then cross'd Cyllene, and the piny shade. 1727–46Thomson Summer 1304 The piny top Of Ida. 1751J. Bartram Observ. Trav. Pennsylv., etc. 72 We rode over some stony poor land, then piney, white oak, and some middling land. 1809, etc. [see piney wood]. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps vi. §1. 162 The rise of the long low lines of piny hills. 1863Longfellow Birds Killingw. xiii, The green steeples of the piny wood. 1882B. M. Croker Proper Pride II. v. 88 She liked their aromatic piny smell. 1931S. Jameson Richer Dust xiv. 421 The water in the bath was faintly brown. The warm piney water soothed her. 1959C. Ogburn Marauders ii. 37 Meredith had been at Fort Benning,..and his class..‘had had an exercise in weapons placement out in some ol' piney hills’.
Add:b. Characterized by the fresh or aromatic smell of pine; pine-scented.
1882Mrs. B. M. Croker Proper Pride II. v. 88 She liked their aromatic piny smell. 1931S. Jameson Richer Dust xiv. 421 The water in the bath was faintly brown. The warm piney water soothed her. 1964J. Masters Trial at Monomoy iv. 121 The scent of piny after-shave lotion hung around him. 1975B. Wood Killing Gift ii. ii. 52 He smelled of a fresh piny aftershave or cologne. |