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chink(1)(dictionary)
chink(2)(dictionary)
chink(3)(dictionary)
chink(4)(dictionary)
Chink(dictionary)
chink 1, noun(dictionary)
chink 2, verb(dictionary)

chink(4) (iou)



chink verb2 intrans. & trans. . E16.
[Obscurely rel. to CHINE verb1: cf. CHINK noun1.]
a. Nautical. (Chiefly chinse.) Caulk (a ship, its seams), now spec. as a temporary measure. Also foll. by up. E16.
b. Fill up (cracks, esp. between bricks, tiles, the logs of a log cabin, etc.); fill up the cracks of (a building). Also foll. by up. Chiefly N. Amer. M18.
(chink only.) Open in cracks; crack, chap. M16-L17.