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Chink

Chink (chink)
n.(ch***ibreve]***nsm]k)
Chink
[OE. chine, AS. c***imacr]ne fissure, chink, fr. c***imacr]nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.]
  1. A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of a wall.

    Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
    Shines out the dewy morning star.
    Macaulay.


Chink

Chink (chink)
v. i.
Chink
  1. To crack] to open.

Chink

Chink (chink)
v. t.
Chink
  1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
  2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

Chink

Chink (chink)
n.
Chink
  1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence.
    "Chink of bell." Cowper.
  2. Money; cash.
    [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville.

Chink

Chink (chink)
v. t.
Chink
  1. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
    Pope.

Chink

Chink (chink)
v. i.
Chink
  1. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.
    Arbuthnot.













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