Found 11 hits - Term: pink, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pink \pink\, n.
a stab. --grose.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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.
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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
see also:
pink dianthus bunch pink dianthus barbatus china pink indian pink
china clove pink dianthus caryophyllus garden pink pheasant's eye
meadow pink dianthus deltoides maiden pink moss pink moss
pink needle alfilaria sea pink thrift
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pink \pink\, 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
see also:
pinky pink stern
- [4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pink \pink\, v. i. d. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
the eyes.
to wink; to blink. obs. --l'estrange.
1913 webster
- [5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pink \pink\, a.
half-shut; winking. obs. --shak.
1913 webster
- [6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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
see also:
pinked pinking
- [7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pink \pink\, 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
see also:
pink pink eye pink salt pink saucer
- [8] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pink
adj : of a light shade of red syn: pinkish
n 1: a light shade of red
2: any of various flowers of plants of the genus dianthus
cultivated for their fragrant flowers syn: garden pink
v 1: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently" syn: tap, rap, knock
2: 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" syn: ping, knock
3: cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing
see also:
pinkish garden pink tap rap knock ping
- [9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
164 moby thesaurus words for "pink":
bolshevik, india pink, jacobin, vandyke, wobbly, acme,
acme of perfection, anarchist, anarchistic, anarcho-syndicalist,
annatto, auger, bite, blaze, blooming, bore, broach, burnt rose,
chop, climax, color, consummation, coral, countersink, crenellate,
crenulate, crimp, crimson, culmination, cut, drill, empierce,
extreme, extreme left-winger, extremist, extremistic, fiesta, fix,
flesh, flesh color, flesh red, flush, flushed, fresh,
fresh as april, gash, glow, gore, gouge, gouge out, green, healthy,
hearty, height, highest pitch, hole, honeycomb, impale,
in good shape, in the pink, incarnadine, incise, indent, jag,
knurl, lance, last word, left-wing extremist, livid pink,
lunatic fringe, machicolate, mallow pink, mantle, melon,
mild radical, mildly radical, mill, moonlight, ne plus ultra,
needle, nick, nihilist, nihilistic, notch, orchid rose,
parlor bolshevik, parlor pink, peach, peachblossom pink, peak,
penetrate, perfection, perforate, picot, pierce,
pink of perfection, pinkish, pinkishness, pinkness, pinko, pinky,
pinnacle, prick, primrose, punch, puncture, radical, ream,
ream out, red, red pink, redden, revolutionary, revolutionist,
riddle, rose, rose pink, rose-colored, rose-hued, rose-red,
roseate, rosiness, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rouge, royal pink, ruddy,
run through, salmon, sans-culotte, scallop, scarify,
scarlet madder, score, scotch, serrate, shell pink, shocking pink,
skewer, slash, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, subversive, summit,
syndicalist, tap, tea rose, tooth, top, transfix, transpierce,
trepan, trephine, ultimate, ultra, ultraconservative, ultraist,
ultraistic, up, yippie, youthful
- [10] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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
- [11] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
pink, ok -- u.s. town in oklahoma
population 2000: 1165
housing units 2000: 466
land area 2000: 25.953547 sq. miles 67.219375 sq. km
water area 2000: 0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
total area 2000: 25.953547 sq. miles 67.219375 sq. km
fips code: 59150
located within: oklahoma ok, fips 40
location: 35.232145 n, 97.107072 w
zip codes 1990:
note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
headwords:
pink, ok
pink
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