mispin

present singular third person mispins · participle present mispinning · participle past mispinned · past mispinned

1. To pin incorrectly.

   I pulled at the jumpsuit's rags, stuck to my skin like tails mispinned on a donkey.

   2015, Dale Peck, The Garden of Lost and Found

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   They knew before they mispinned the stinger “of the dangerous condition of the crane"

   1996, North western reporter, page 179

   Put a lanyard onto the standing part of the mispinned shroud, just below the upper terminal.

   1997, Brion Toss, The Complete Rigger's Apprentice, page 280

   One of the most difficult wiring harness problems to diagnose is multiple-terminal connectors which have one or more terminal and wire that is not inserted in the correct connector cavity (mispinned).

   2013, Joseph Bell, Modern Diesel Technology: Electricity and Electronics, page 510

plural mispins

1. businessAn instance of mispinning.

   Nonjudgmental decisions, such as holes, grease spots and mispins, are recorded instantly in the computer.

   1980, Textile Industries - Volume 144, page 23

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   The selvedge trim is sucked away where in the ordinary course of events a mispin could cause it to be missed – but mispins have no effect on the performance of this device.

   1993, Textile Asia - Volume 24, Issues 7-12, page 22