Definition of Pyonings

1. pioneering work [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyonings

pyning
pynoun
pynouns
pyo-
pyocyanase
pyocyanin
pyoderma
pyodermas
pyodermata
pyodermic
pyogenic
pyoid
pyometra
pyoner
pyoners
pyonings (current term)
pyopneumothorax
pyorrhea
pyorrhea alveolaris
pyorrheal
pyorrheas
pyorrheic
pyorrhoea
pyorrhoeas
pyorrhoeic
pyoses
pyosis
pyot
pyots
pyoverdin

Literary usage of Pyonings

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

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"PYE. See PIE. See By COCK AND PYE. PYNE. See PINB. pyonings, a. Works of pioneer»; military works of strength. ..."

2. The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1916)
"10: " with painful pyonings From sea to sea he heaped a mighty mound." Twilled may be connected with the French touiller, to begrime or besmear, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"pyonings. Works of pioneers; military works of strength. Spenser. PYRAMIDES. Spires of churches. PYTE. Mercy ; pity. (. ..."

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