ˈpin-case
A case for holding pins; also, a pincushion (? obs. exc. dial.).
| 1515 Will of R. Symson (Somerset Ho.), A pyncase of tysyn saten. 1530 Palsgr. 254/2 Pyncase, esplinguette, esplinguiere. 1614 B. Jonson Barth. Fair iii. i, What do you lack, gentlemen? fine purses, pouches, pin-cases, pipes? 1828 Craven Gloss. (ed. 2), Pin-cass, a pin cushion, a corruption of pin-case. |