KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

PINE, noun [Latin pinus.] A tree of the genus Pinus, of many species, some of which furnish timber of the most valuable kind. The species which usually bear this name in the United States, are the white pine Pinus strobus, the prince of our forests; the yellow pine Pinus resinosa; and the pitch pine Pinus rigida. The other species of this genus are called by other names, a fir, hemlock, larch, spruce, etc.

PINE, verb intransitive

1. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away under any distress of anxiety of mind; to grow lean; followed sometimes by away.

Ye shall not mourn nor weep, but ye shall pine away for your iniquities. Ezekiel 24:23.

2. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; usually followed by for.

Unknowing that she pin'd for your return.

PINE, verb transitive To wear out; to make to languish.

Where shivering cold and sickness pines the clime.

Beroe pined with pain.

1. To grieve for; to bemoan in silence.

Abashed the devil stood--

Virtue in her own shape how lovely, saw,

And pined his loss.

[In the transitive sense, this verb is now seldom used, and this use is improper, except by ellipsis.]

PINE, noun Woe; want; penury; misery.

[This is obsolete. See Pain.]

Heb. tidhar, mentioned along with the fir-tree in Isaiah 41:19; 60:13. This is probably the cypress; or it may be the stone-pine, which is common on the northern slopes of Lebanon. Some suppose that the elm, others that the oak, or holm, or ilex, is meant by the Hebrew word. In Nehemiah 8:15 the Revised Version has "wild olive" instead of "pine." (See FIR.)

Nehemiah 8:15; Isaiah 41:19; Isaiah 60:13

1. Heb. tidhar . (Isaiah 41:19; 60:13) What tree is intended is not certain: but the rendering "pine," seems least probable of any.
2. Shemen , (Nehemiah 8:16) is probably the wild olive.

PIN'EAL, adjective [Latin pinus.] The pineal gland is a part of the brain, about the bigness of a pea, situated in the third ventricle; so called from its shape. It was considered by Descartes as the seat of the soul.

PINE-APPLE, noun The ananas, a species of Bromelia, so called from its resemblance to the cone of the pine tree.

PI'NEFUL, adjective Full of woe. [Not used.]

PI'NERY, noun A place where pine-apples are raised.

PIN'-FETHER, noun A small or short fether.

PIN'-FETHERED, adjective Having the fethers only beginning to shoot; not fully fledged.