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(chk), n.[OE. chine, AS. cne fissure, chink, fr. cnan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] 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 v. i.[imp. & p. p.Chinked (); p. pr. & vb. n.Chinking.] To crack; to open. Chink v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures. 2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall. Chink n.[Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.] 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 v. t.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 v. i.To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot. スポンサード リンク
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