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The American lotus, and its edible seeds, which somewhat resemble chinquapins. Cf. Yoncopin.
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n.
A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
pl.
of Chintz
n.
A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.
n.
The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America.
n.
A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.
a.
Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges).
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chinse
v. t.
To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Chink
a.
Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts.
a.
Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
v. t. & i.
To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
imp. & p. p.
of Chinse
a.
Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned.
n.
One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.
a.
Having a smooth chin; beardless.
imp. & p. p.
of Chink
n. sing. & pl.
A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
n. sing. & pl.
The language of China, which is monosyllabic.
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