Pink, n. A stab. Grose.
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.
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.
3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of
something. "The very pink of courtesy." Shak.
4. (Zoˆl.) The European minnow; -- so called from the color of its
abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus. -- China, 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.
Pink, a. Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
(see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
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.
Pinked (?), a. Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped
on the edge. Shak.
Pink"-eyed` (?), a. [Pink half- shut + eye.] Having small eyes.
Holland.
Pink"ing, n. 1. The act of piercing or stabbing.
2. The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking
iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron.
Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons,
flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]
Pink"ish, a. Somewhat pink.
Pink"ness (?), n. Quality or state of being pink.
Pink"root` (?), n. 1. (Med.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as
a powerful vermifuge; also, that of S. Anthelmia. See definition 2
(below).
2. (Bot.) (a) A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica),
sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina
pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass. (b) An annual South American
and West Indian plant (Spigelia Anthelmia).
Pink"ster (?), n. [D. pinkster, pinksteren, fr. Gr. &?;. See
Pentecost.] Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.]
Pinkster flower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also,
the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York
descendants of the Dutch settlers.
Pink" stern` (?). [See 1st Pink.] (Naut.) See Chebacco, and 1st Pink.
Pink"-sterned` (?), a. [See 1st Pink.] (Naut.) Having a very narrow
stern; -- said of a vessel.
Pink"y (?), n. (Naut.) See 1st Pink.
||Pin"na (?), n.; pl. PinnÊ (#), E. Pinnas (#). [L., a feather.] 1.
||(Bot.) (a) A leaflet of a pinnate leaf. See Illust. of Bipinnate
||leaf, under Bipinnate. (b) One of the primary divisions of a
||decompound leaf.