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Pigeonwing   Listen
noun
Pigeonwing  n.  
1.
A wing of a pigeon, or a wing like it.
2.
An old mode of dressing men's side hair in a form likened to a pigeon's wings; also, a wig similarly shaped.
3.
(Dancing) A fancy step executed by jumping and striking the legs together; as, to cut a pigeonwing.
4.
A certain fancy figure in skating.
5.
(Tempering) A color, brown shaded with purple, coming between dark brown and light blue in the table of colors in drawing the temper of hardened steel.





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