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Webster 1913 Edition
Pink
Pink
,Noun.
[D.
pink
.] (Naut.)
A vessel with a very narrow stern; – called also
pinky
. Sir W. Scott.
Pink stern
(Naut.)
, a narrow stern.
Pink
,Verb.
I.
[D.
pinken
, pinkoogen
, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink.
[Obs.]
L’Estrange.
Pink
,Adj.
Half-shut; winking.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Pink
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pinked
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pinking
.] [OE.
pinken
to prick, probably a nasalized form of pick
.] 1.
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
2.
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
Addison.
3.
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
[Obs.]
Herbert.
Pink
,Noun.
A stab.
Grose.
Pink
,Noun.
1.
(Bot.)
A name given to several plants of the caryophyllaceous genus
Dianthus
, and to their flowers, which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx. 2.
A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red with more or less white; – so called from the common color of the flower.
Dryden.
3.
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
“The very pink of courtesy.” Shak.
4.
(Zool.)
The European minnow; – so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
[Prov. Eng.]
Bunch pink
is
– Dianthus barbatus
. China pink
, or Indian pink
See under
– China
. Clove pink
is
– Dianthus Caryophyllus
, the stock from which carnations are derived. Garden pink
. See
– Pheasant's eye
. Meadow pink
is applied to
– Dianthus deltoides
; also, to the ragged robin. Maiden pink
, Dianthus deltoides
. Moss pink
. See under
– Moss
. Pink needle
, the pin grass; – so called from the long, tapering points of the carpels. See
– Alfilaria
. Sea pink
. See
Thrift
.Pink
,Adj.
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th
Pink
, 2); as, a
pink
dress; pink
ribbons.Pink eye
(Med.)
, a popular name for an epidemic variety of ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of the eyeball.
– Pink salt
(Chem. & Dyeing)
, the double chlorides of (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a mordant for madder and cochineal.
– Pink saucer
, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is covered with a pink pigment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pink
PINK
,Noun.
1.
An eye, or a small eye; but now disused except in composition, as in pink-eyed, pink-eye.2.
A plant and flower of the genus Dianthus, common in our gardens.3.
A color used by painters; from the color of the flower.4.
Any thing supremely excellent.5.
A ship with a very narrow stern.6.
A fish, the minnow.PINK
,Verb.
T.
1.
To stab; to pierce.