1. Noun
A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
2. Verb
To wink; to blink.
3. Adjective
Half-shut; winking.
4. Verb
To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles.
5. Verb
To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
6. Verb
To choose; to cull; to pick out.
7. Noun
A stab.
8. Verb
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.
9. Verb
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.
10. Verb
Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something.
11. Verb
The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its abdomen in summer.
12. Adjective
Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
13. Noun
any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
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