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Webster 1913 Edition
Pinnacle
Pin′na-cle
,Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, – used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
Some renowned metropolis
With glistering spires and
With glistering spires and
pinnacles
around. Milton.
2.
Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
Three silent
pinnacles
of aged snow. Tennyson.
The slippery tops of human state,
The gilded
The gilded
pinnacles
of fate. Cowley.
Pin′na-cle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pinnacled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinnacling
.] To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
T. Warton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pinnacle
PIN'NACLE
,Noun.
1.
A turret, or part of a building elevated above the main building. Some metropolis
With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd.
2.
A high spiring point; summit.PIN'NACLE
,Verb.
T.