Definition of clink

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

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Tinkle :: Tinkle (v. i.) To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink..
Funny :: Funny (n.) A clinkerbuit, narrow boat for sculling..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.
Phonolite :: Phonolite (n.) A compact, feldspathic, igneous rock containing nephelite, hauynite, etc. Thin slabs give a ringing sound when struck; -- called also clinkstone..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A kind of brick. See Dutch clinker, under Dutch..
Clinked :: Clinked (imp. & p. p.) of Clin.
Clinkstone :: Clinkstone (n.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite..
Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To rhyme. [Humorous].
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..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag..
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..
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..
Hollander :: Hollander (n.) A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker..
Lapstrake :: Lapstrake (a.) Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats.
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.
Clink :: Clink (v. i.) To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together..
Clincher-built :: Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.
Klinkstone :: Klinkstone (n.) See Clinkstone.
Carvelbuilt :: Carvelbuilt (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel..
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