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Webster 1913 Edition
Tinkle
{
, Tink′er-shire
,Tin′kle
}Noun.
(Zool.)
The common guillemot.
[Prov. Eng.]
1.
To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a
tinkling
cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his
Moves to the music of his
tinkling
bells. Dodsley.
2.
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears
tinkled
, and the color fled. Dryden.
Tin′kle
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Tinkled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tinkling
.] To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
Tin′kle
,Noun.
A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
Cowper.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tinkle
TINK'LE
, v.i.1.
To make small quick sharp sounds, as by striking on metal; to clink. --And have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor.13. Is.3.
The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.
The moment the money tinkles in the chest, the soul mounts out of purgatory.
2.
To hear a small sharp sound. And his ears tinkled, and his color fled.
TINK'LE
,Verb.
T.