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  • How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? — The question, How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? has been used many times as a trite dismissal of medieval angelology in particular, and of scholasticism in general. The phrase has been used also to criticize figures such as Duns… …   Wikipedia

  • angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin — adjective Adjectival or attributive form of angels dancing on the head of a pin. And also, many of the problems I’d had with what seemed to me to be I don’t know what you’d call it the angels dancing on the head of a pin aspect… …   Wiktionary

  • angels dancing on the head of a pin — noun Arcane intellectual speculation. We are not talking about angels dancing on the head of a pin here …   Wiktionary

  • head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… …   English World dictionary

  • Hole in the head disease — are susceptible in marine aquaria.ymptomsThe symptoms are well described by the name. First, the fish will develop small, grey, pin hole abrasions around the eyes and head. As the disease progresses, it spreads down the lateral line. These… …   Wikipedia

  • pin|head — «PIHN HEHD», noun. 1. the head of a pin. 2. Figurative. something very small or worthless. 3. a small minnow. 4. Slang, Figurative. a person of little intelligence; nitwit …   Useful english dictionary

  • pin — I n. metal fastener 1) a safety; straight pin 2) a bobby pin (AE; BE has hairgrip) 3) a drawing pin (BE; AE has thumbtack) 4) a pin pricks 5) (misc.) the head of a pin tube shaped piece of wood 6) a rolling pin target in bowling 7) to spot (… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • The World of Kong — The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island is a 2005 encyclopedic book, made for the release of Peter Jackson s King Kong. The book tells all about King Kong s fictional world. It talks about everything on Skull Island, from the… …   Wikipedia

  • pin — /pin/, n., v., pinned, pinning. n. 1. a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things. 2. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things… …   Universalium

  • Pin — Pin, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A piece …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pin drill — Pin Pin, n. [OE. pinne, AS. pinn a pin, peg; cf. D. pin, G. pinne, Icel. pinni, W. pin, Gael. & Ir. pinne; all fr. L. pinna a pinnacle, pin, feather, perhaps orig. a different word from pinna feather. Cf. {Fin} of a fish, {Pen} a feather.] 1. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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