'Pinking' definitions:
Definition of 'Pinking'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Pinking'
From: GCIDE
- Pinking \Pink"ing\, 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]
Words containing 'Pinking'
- Pink,
- Pinked,
- Pinkness,
- in the pink,
- Bunch pink,
- Carolina pink,
- China pink,
- Clove pink,
- Dutch pink,
- Garden pink,
- Indian pink,
- Maiden pink,
- Meadow pink,
- Moss pink,
- Pink Hill,
- Pink eye,
- Pink needle,
- Pink salt,
- Pink saucer,
- Pink stern,
- Pink, OK,
- Pinking iron,
- Rose pink,
- Sea pink,
- Wild pink,
- button pink,
- cheddar pink,
- cottage pink,
- fire pink,
- fringed pink,
- grass pink,
- ground pink,
- hedge pink,
- japanese pink,
- magenta pink,
- marsh pink,
- mullein pink,
- pink bollworm,
- pink calla,
- pink cockatoo,
- pink disease,
- pink elephants,
- pink family,
- pink fivecorner,
- pink fritillary,
- pink lady,
- pink of my john,
- pink pinkish,
- pink shower,
- pink slip,
- pink wine,
- purplish pink,
- rainbow pink,
- rock pink,
- salmon pink,
- swamp pink,
- tickle pink,
- yellowish pink,
- Pink Hill, NC,
- Pink-eyed,
- Pink-sterned,
- Rose-pink,
- deep-pink,
- gray-pink,
- grayish-pink,
- grey-pink,
- greyish-pink,
- lavender-pink,
- lilac-pink,
- mauve-pink,
- pink disease fungus,
- pink paper daisy,
- pink sand verbena,
- pink shower tree,
- pink-collar,
- pink-lavender,
- pink-orange,
- pink-purple,
- pink-red,
- pink-slipped,
- pink-tinged,
- pink-tipped,
- reddish-pink,
- scarlet-pink,
- violet-pink,
- white-pink,
- Pheasant's-eye pink,
- pink-and-white everlasting