(n.) A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
(v. i.) To wink; to blink.
(a.) Half-shut; winking.
(v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
or paper, in small scallops or angles.
(v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
(v. t.) To choose; to cull; to pick out.
(n.) A stab.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
of something.
(v. t.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its
abdomen in summer.
(a.) Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
(see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
