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She points to her pinions stretched over the abyss of primeval fire, her eyes blinded by its awful glare, and remains silent.

These arbor teeth are in all cases called, not “wheels” but “pinions,” and in watch trains the wheels always drive the pinions.

The pinions are arranged so that they can be worked with the same screw key that is used for the bolts in the circular grooves.

They are very simple in form, consisting of a suitable cast body in which a pair of spur pinions having large teeth are carried.

Now and then, in the midst of a figure, she would shoot me an arch glance, as much as to say that her pinions were strong now.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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