n. [ D. pink. ] (Naut.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [ Obs. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stab. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. “The very pink of courtesy.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half-shut; winking. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with the eyes. ] To wink; to blink. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pink half-shut + eye. ] Having small eyes. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. To make pink. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of piercing or stabbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]