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Clink :: Clink (n.) A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies..

Land :: Land (n.) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; -- called also landing.

Phonolite :: Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone..

Clincher-built :: Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.

Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To rhyme. [Humorous].

Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together..

Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.

Klinkstone :: Klinkstone (n.) See Clinkstone.

Gig :: Gig (n.) A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig..

Clinked :: Clinked (imp. & p. p.) of Clin.

Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

Clinking :: Clinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clin.

Chase :: Chase (n.) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats..

Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound..

Hollander :: Hollander (n.) A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker..

Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch..

Carvelbuilt :: Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel..

Clinkant :: Clinkant (a.) See Clinquant.

Clinker-built :: Clinker-built (a.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

Clank :: Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink..

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