Pincushion: alternatives and connections

A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; -- formerly used by printers for inking the form, but now supersed…

"A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side."

cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"

cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down the house"

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.

The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspecte…

One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.

A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter.

A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use.

A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the i…

A ring for gauging wooden pins.

A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.

A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.

A small piece of black silk stuck on the face, or neck, to hide a defect, or to heighten beauty.

One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained.