n. a typ of small Indian lettuce (Montia lamprosperma) of northern regions.
n. [ Clink + stone; -- from its sonorousness. ] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small vessel for holding ink, to dip the pen into; also, a device for holding ink and writing materials. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A kind of stone containing native vitriol or sulphate of iron, used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. noisy and mischievous merrymaking.
n. See Clinkstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ The pl. form of Link, but often construed as a singular. ] A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green. [ 1913 Webster ]
A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
v. impers.
In all ages poets have been had in special reputation, and, methinks, not without great cause. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Pentecost. ] Whitsuntide.
Pinkster flower (Bot.),
n. (Min.) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar, which emit a fetid odor on being struck; -- called also
n. A game in which the object is to snap small disks of plastic, bone, ivory, or the like, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; -- called also
n. Same as Tiddledywinks. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]