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temper-pin Sc. [f. temper n. + pin n.] 1. The wooden screw used in regulating the tightness of the band of a spinning-wheel; fig. temper, disposition.17.. in Ritson Sc. Songs (1794) I. 175 My spinning-wheel is auld and stiff,..To keep the temper pin in tiff, Employs aft my hand, sir. a 1796 Burns Th...
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▪ I. temper, n. (ˈtɛmpə(r)) Forms: 4–6 tempre, 5 tempere, -yr, -our, -ure, tymper, 6– temper. [f. temper v. Cf. rare OF. tempre proportion, etc. (12th c. in Godef. Compl.), later and mod.F. trempe (15th c.) tempering, temper of steel, physical constitution of man.] I. † 1. The due or proportionate m...
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