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English Dictionary: Pink	by the DICT Development Group
9 results for Pink
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pink adj of a light shade of red Synonym(s): pink, pinkish n a light shade of red any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers Synonym(s): pink, garden pink a person with mildly leftist political views Synonym(s): pinko, pink v make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" Synonym(s): tap, rap, knock, pink sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" Synonym(s): pink, ping, knock cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}. --Sir W. Scott. {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes.] To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, a. Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, a. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, n. A stab. --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.] 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. [bd]The very pink of courtesy.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.] {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}. {China}, [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}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pink, OK (town, FIPS 59150) Location: 35.23208 N, 97.10677 W Population (1990): 1020 (377 housing units) Area: 67.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)