Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33787 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pinnespins

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 113 times in 84 works
Consistency: 87.6% (113 of 129)
Reach if approved: ~136 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: pins
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 129 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (113 changes in 84 works, 87.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 113)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… policie vnder the waightie billes of the Church, till Gods tabernacle haue all his pinnespins and vvhole furniture. And here that which Azariah the Prophet said to Asa the …
With rule
… policie vnder the waightie billes of the Church, till Gods tabernacle haue all his pinnespins and vvhole furniture. And here that which Azariah the Prophet said to Asa the …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… her fi… shee would indure witho…t shew of paine, the deepe pricking of pinnespins in her hands, and necke, and hardly any signe of bloud. And yet for …
With rule
… her fi… shee would indure witho…t shew of paine, the deepe pricking of pinnespins in her hands, and necke, and hardly any signe of bloud. And yet for …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this noyse about thee, it is the hand of thy Lord softlie loosing the pinnespins, and slakening the coards of thy Tabernacle, it is the noyse of his Chariots …
With rule
… this noyse about thee, it is the hand of thy Lord softlie loosing the pinnespins, and slakening the coards of thy Tabernacle, it is the noyse of his Chariots …
William Struther · Christian Observations and Resolutions · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſweete balles, bracelets and bonnets: their head attire, head-bands, Tablets, Earings, Rings, Chriſping pinnespins, and ſuch like. And are you perſwaded he knowes not you? Wee read of …
With rule
… ſweete balles, bracelets and bonnets: their head attire, head-bands, Tablets, Earings, Rings, Chriſping pinnespins, and ſuch like. And are you perſwaded he knowes not you? Wee read of …
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but a patterne was giuen them by God for euerything, euen to the very pinnespins, and ash-pannes, and flesh-hookes, &c. So, in the spirituall building of our …
With rule
… but a patterne was giuen them by God for euerything, euen to the very pinnespins, and ash-pannes, and flesh-hookes, &c. So, in the spirituall building of our …
William Burton · Ten Sermons Upon Matthew 6:1-4 · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
For pinnespins, and nailes: I would aſk him how he can make a cofer without them …
With rule
For pinnespins, and nailes: I would aſk him how he can make a cofer without them …
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCCCXLV · Open in the reader
Printed
… they greater cauſe of weeping, then euen then when they were vpon their merry pinnespins, becauſe that at which they made themſelues ſo merrie, came with a woe vnto …
With rule
… they greater cauſe of weeping, then euen then when they were vpon their merry pinnespins, becauſe that at which they made themſelues ſo merrie, came with a woe vnto …
Jeremiah Dyke · The Mischief and Misery of Scandals · p. 124 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tune the Harp well, but in Government sometimes he u…ed to winde the pinnespins too high, and sometimes to let them down too low; thereby intimating, that he …
With rule
… tune the Harp well, but in Government sometimes he u…ed to winde the pinnespins too high, and sometimes to let them down too low; thereby intimating, that he …
Edward Leigh · Select Observations of Roman Emperors 2 · p. 76 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (16)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion A07769

Printed
… greatest and notablest parts, but as for the smaller parts, as the Uices, Nailes, PinnesPins, Riuers, Buttons and such like, I haue thought them to be but bywoorks, and …
With rule
… greatest and notablest parts, but as for the smaller parts, as the Uices, Nailes, PinnesPins, Riuers, Buttons and such like, I haue thought them to be but bywoorks, and …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 175 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Grand-jury Men A09118

Printed
When the diseased doe vomit vp crooked PinnesPins, Iron, Coales, Brimstone, Nayles, Needles, Leade, Waxe, Haire, Strawe, or some such like things …
With rule
When the diseased doe vomit vp crooked PinnesPins, Iron, Coales, Brimstone, Nayles, Needles, Leade, Waxe, Haire, Strawe, or some such like things …
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 173 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

Printed
… like as should bee occupyed about the Brazen Altar; Towels for the Lauar; Cordes, PinnesPins, and Mallets, for the inclosure of the Court. Those others that were of such …
With rule
… like as should bee occupyed about the Brazen Altar; Towels for the Lauar; Cordes, PinnesPins, and Mallets, for the inclosure of the Court. Those others that were of such …
Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 138 · Open in the reader

A Brief Apology Proving the Possession of William Sommers A19854

Printed
… was in his fitts without feeling to the iudgment of thoſe which ſawe him. PinnesPins being thruſt deepe into ſundrie parts of his body (ſometimes vp to the head …
With rule
… was in his fitts without feeling to the iudgment of thoſe which ſawe him. PinnesPins being thruſt deepe into ſundrie parts of his body (ſometimes vp to the head …
John Darrell · A Brief Apology Proving the Possession of William Sommers · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
… from whifling to and fro with the wind: the Pillars (which some Translations call PinnesPins) also might be sharpened in like sort, that piercing deepe into the ground, they …
With rule
… from whifling to and fro with the wind: the Pillars (which some Translations call PinnesPins) also might be sharpened in like sort, that piercing deepe into the ground, they …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader