pigeonwing
pigeonwing is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped.
- 2.(Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing.
- 3.A certain fancy figure in skating.
- 4.(Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is an old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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