Pink,

11 definitions found

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

  Pink \Pink\, n.
     A stab. --Grose.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
     petals were picked out. Cf. {Pink}, v. t.]
     1. (Bot.) 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.
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     2. 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. --Dryden.
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     3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
        of something. "The very pink of courtesy." --Shak.
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     4. (Zool.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color
        of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
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     {Bunch pink} is {Dianthus barbatus}.
  
     {China pink}, or {Indian pink}. See under {China}.
  
     {Clove pink} is {Dianthus Caryophyllus}, the stock from which
        carnations are derived.
  
     {Garden pink}. See {Pheasant's eye}.
  
     {Meadow pink} is applied to {Dianthus deltoides}; also, to
        the ragged robin.
  
     {Maiden pink}, {Dianthus deltoides}.
  
     {Moss pink}. See under {Moss}.
  
     {Pink needle}, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
        tapering points of the carpels. See {Alfilaria}.
  
     {Sea pink}. See {Thrift}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.)
     A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also {pinky}.
     --Sir W. Scott.
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     {Pink stern} (Naut.), a narrow stern.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
     the eyes.]
     To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.
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     3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
     (see 6th {Pink}, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
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     {Pink eye} (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of
        ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of
        the eyeball.
  
     {Pink salt} (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of
        (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a
        mordant for madder and cochineal.
  
     {Pink saucer}, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is
        covered with a pink pigment.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pink
       adj : of a light shade of red [syn: {pinkish}]
       n 1: a light shade of red
       2: any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus
          cultivated for their fragrant flowers [syn: {garden pink}]
       v 1: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
            fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: {tap}, {rap}, {knock}]
       2: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car
          pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked
          when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: {ping}, {knock}]
       3: cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  164 Moby Thesaurus words for "pink":
     Bolshevik, India pink, Jacobin, Vandyke, Wobbly, acme,
     acme of perfection, anarchist, anarchistic, anarcho-syndicalist,
     annatto, auger, bite, blaze, blooming, bore, broach, burnt rose,
     chop, climax, color, consummation, coral, countersink, crenellate,
     crenulate, crimp, crimson, culmination, cut, drill, empierce,
     extreme, extreme left-winger, extremist, extremistic, fiesta, fix,
     flesh, flesh color, flesh red, flush, flushed, fresh,
     fresh as April, gash, glow, gore, gouge, gouge out, green, healthy,
     hearty, height, highest pitch, hole, honeycomb, impale,
     in good shape, in the pink, incarnadine, incise, indent, jag,
     knurl, lance, last word, left-wing extremist, livid pink,
     lunatic fringe, machicolate, mallow pink, mantle, melon,
     mild radical, mildly radical, mill, moonlight, ne plus ultra,
     needle, nick, nihilist, nihilistic, notch, orchid rose,
     parlor Bolshevik, parlor pink, peach, peachblossom pink, peak,
     penetrate, perfection, perforate, picot, pierce,
     pink of perfection, pinkish, pinkishness, pinkness, pinko, pinky,
     pinnacle, prick, primrose, punch, puncture, radical, ream,
     ream out, red, red pink, redden, revolutionary, revolutionist,
     riddle, rose, rose pink, rose-colored, rose-hued, rose-red,
     roseate, rosiness, rosy, rosy-cheeked, rouge, royal pink, ruddy,
     run through, salmon, sans-culotte, scallop, scarify,
     scarlet madder, score, scotch, serrate, shell pink, shocking pink,
     skewer, slash, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, subversive, summit,
     syndicalist, tap, tea rose, tooth, top, transfix, transpierce,
     trepan, trephine, ultimate, ultra, ultraconservative, ultraist,
     ultraistic, up, yippie, youthful
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Pink, OK (town, FIPS 59150)
    Location: 35.23208 N, 97.10677 W
    Population (1990): 1020 (377 housing units)
    Area: 67.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pink, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    1165
     Housing Units (2000): 466
     Land area (2000):     25.953547 sq. miles (67.219375 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    25.953547 sq. miles (67.219375 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            59150
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             35.232145 N, 97.107072 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pink, OK
      Pink