Definition of Piends

1. piend [n] - See also: piend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piends

pieholes
pieing
pieings
pieless
pielike
piem
piemaker
piemakers
piemaking
pieman
piemen
piemontite
piemontites
piems
piend
piends (current term)
pieplant
pieplants
pier
pier arch
pier mirror
pier table
pierage
pierages
pierc't
pierce
pierceable
pierced
piercee

Literary usage of Piends

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for by Frederick Thomas Hodgson (1917)
"... (Ï7-6 Cwts. Qrs. Lbs. Superficial feet 187-6 11 2 24 6 Ib. sheet lead lining on ridge of roof 40-0x1-6= 60-0 6 Ib. sheet lead lining on piends of roof 4 ..."

2. William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879: The Story of His Life Told by His Children by Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison (1885)
"Our piends at New York may rely upon it, that the course which they have resolved to pursue, respecting this matter, will very much displease the great body ..."

3. Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber by William Paton Buchan (1902)
"... socket of the other length, and so the junction of the two lengths is made water-tight. Fig. 77. The hips, or piends as they are sometimes called, ..."

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