Chinse

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chinse \Chinse\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinsed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Chinsing}.] (Naut.)
     To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the
     point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
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     {Chinsing iron}, a light calking iron.
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