piny

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pin·y

also pine·y (pī′nē)

adj. pin·i·er, pin·i·est

Relating to, suggestive of, or abounding in pines.

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piny

(ˈpaɪnɪ)

adj, pinier or piniest

(Forestry) of, resembling, or covered with pine trees

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pin•y

or pin•ey

(ˈpaɪ ni)

adj. pin•i•er, pin•i•est.

1. abounding in or covered with pine trees.

2. pertaining to or suggestive of pine trees.

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Ruined castles hanging on the precipices of piny mountains, the impetuous Arve, and cottages every here and there peeping forth from among the trees formed a scene of singular beauty.

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Bread I at first made of pure Indian meal and salt, genuine hoe-cakes, which I baked before my fire out of doors on a shingle or the end of a stick of timber sawed off in building my house; but it was wont to get smoked and to have a piny flavor, I tried flour also; but have at last found a mixture of rye and Indian meal most convenient and agreeable.

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Meanwhile, for security reasons, the youth cattle keepers have reportedly moved their animals to the Among Piny county headquarters, where government forces can provide protection should they experience attacks from neighbouring communities.