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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Chinsed

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Chinsing

(Naut.)

To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

Chinsing iron

a light calking iron.

Verb.

In naval affairs, to thrust oakum into the seams or chinks of a ship with a chisel or point of a knife, as a temporary expedient for calking.

chinse ‎(third-person singular simple present chinses, present participle chinsing, simple past and past participle chinsed)

(nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.