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Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[imac]n, L. pinus.]
1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
{Pinus}.
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Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}),
the {Georgia pine} ({Pinus australis}), the {red pine}
({Pinus resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar
pine} ({Pinus Lambertiana}) are among the most
valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called
{Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the
only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree,
or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See
{Pinon}.
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cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now
commonly assigned to other genera.
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2. The wood of the pine tree.
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3. A pineapple.
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{Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.

{Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
the {Araucaria excelsa}.

{Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
with pines. [Southern U.S.]

{Pine borer} (Zool.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into
pine trees.

{Pine finch}. (Zool.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.

{Pine grosbeak} (Zool.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
red.

{Pine lizard} (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray
lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
{alligator}.

{Pine marten}. (Zool.)
(a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
{sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
(b) The American sable. See {Sable}.

{Pine moth} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae]
burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
doing great damage.

{Pine mouse} (Zool.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
forests.

{Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.

{Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).

{Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.


{Pine snake} (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake
({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with
brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull
snake}. The Western pine snake ({Pituophis Sayi}) is
chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

{Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.

{Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine
tree shilling}.

{Pine weevil} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils
whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several
species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to
the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.

{Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
wool}.
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alligator \al"li*ga`tor\, v. i. & t. [Because of the resemblance
to the pattern on the skin of an alligator.]
to form shallow cracks in a reticulated pattern on the
surface, or in a coating on the surface, of an object.
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Alligator \Al"li*ga`tor\, n. [Sp. el lagarto the lizard (el
lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L.
lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See {Lizard}.]
1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile
family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader
snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower
jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal
notches. Besides the common species of the southern United
States, there are allied species in South America.
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2. (Mech.) Any machine with strong jaws, one of which opens
like the movable jaw of an alligator; as,
(a) (Metal Working) a form of squeezer for the puddle
ball.;
(b) (Mining) a rock breaker;
(c) (Printing) a kind of job press, called also {alligator
press}.
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{Alligator apple} (Bot.), the fruit of the {Anona palustris},
a West Indian tree. It is said to be narcotic in its
properties. --Loudon.

{Alligator fish} (Zool.), a marine fish of northwestern
America ({Podothecus acipenserinus}).

{Alligator gar} (Zool.), one of the gar pikes ({Lepidosteus
spatula}) found in the southern rivers of the United
States. The name is also applied to other species of gar
pikes.

{Alligator pear} (Bot.), a corruption of {Avocado pear}. See
{Avocado}.

{Alligator snapper}, {Alligator tortoise}, {Alligator turtle}
(Zool.), a very large and voracious turtle ({Macrochelys
lacertina}) inhabiting the rivers of the southern United
States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred
pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the
name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head
and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is
sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of
{Trionyx}.

{Alligator wood}, the timber of a tree of the West Indies
({Guarea Swartzii}).
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Hellbender \Hell"bend`er\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American aquatic salamander ({Protonopsis
horrida} or {Menopoma Alleghaniensis}). It is very voracious
and very tenacious of life. Also called {alligator}, and
{water dog}.
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