bink

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A bench.

   • He bouns him to the house, An' sits him doon upo' the bink, An' plaits a theet, or mends a mink, To sair an aifter use .
   • In comes the tod (fox) whiskin, whiskin, an he sits doon o' the green bink.
   • Sitting here in the park bink, Alane - yet no aa that alane.
2. 2

   A table or similar surface for laying out items.

   • In front of the entrance to Alexander's booth there used to stand "a stane bink" which was employed "for outsetting of stands affore the buith."
   • His wife may ay sit foremost doun, At either buird or bink, Gang foremost in at door or yett, And ay the first guid-day wald get, With all men honourit and weel-tret As ony heart wald think.
3. 3

   A sideboard or shelf unit for holding dishes.

   • We have it in a manuscript; the good-man keeps it, as we think, Behind a dish, upon the bink.
   • The bink took the place of the modern dresser , and on it were arranged the bowls and tinnies for family use, while underneath were placed the pails, pots, and other cooking utensils.
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   1. 4

      A mountain ledge.

      • Up thro' the cleughs, where bink on bink was set, Scrambling wi' hands and feet she taks the gate,
      • Without a stick a man would climb down sideways from bink to bink.
   2. 5

      A long cut in peat moss, marking a section from which blocks of peat are cut.

      • They carry on the section, or the bink as they term it, of a convenient depth for easier cutting, frequently using the moss of least value above, and leaving that which is of much greater value.
      • Och, an' I ken folk mysel' that found an iron pot o' doubloons in the peat bink; but aul ' Tchonie, he just takes what he will be needin', and he takes it at night when the folks are abed.
   3. 6

      A hive.

      • Just that –no that I'm sure that there are ony honey-bees in Arthur's seat, but there's plenty of bum-bees, and aiblins a wasp bink. "
      • On 19th July I examined old hive, turned it completely up on its side: combs nearly black, two at one side as musty as an old wasp's bink: decided to clear them out on Monday.
   4. 7

      To shelter or become trapped on a ledge or crag.

      • On June 2nd, the last day of this season, Bowman spent six hours extricating as many hounds who had got themselves binked on Catle Crag in Mardale.
      • A fox gets 'binked,' as they call it, or banked, and some one must go up on an almost inaccessible crag to put in the terrier; and a man must know the country, and the probable run of every fox that gets up in front of the hounds .
   5. 8

      To cut a bink in peat moss.

   6. 9

      A pacifier.

      • Even though we don't agree with the practice of the use of the bink in our house, Gideon was an exception.
      • Of course, we create the problem to begin with by offering a bink to newborn babies.
      • I am now eighteen months old and some say it is time to take away my bink. I say for now , let it stay! I have my fun toys and my little red wagon; that is true; but taking bink away now will only make me sad and blue .
   7. 10

      A musical, percussive noise

      A musical, percussive noise; plink.

      • The knob turned—.bink, bink, bink, on the treble keys .
      • I was looking at the rack to wee what cam I could pop in when I heard this "bink! " sound , and I looked up and saw big loops of the rope falling toward me.
      • It was, I think, an Austin Avenger, and it made the most delicate and musical yet important noise,'bink-a-bink-a-bink-a', as he tilted the lever to navigate us round the busy seaside town.
   8. 11

      To make a bink noise.

      • My tinny typing binked.
      • From the palm of her hand, Farah's iPhone binked and chirped once every minute or so with calls or text messages, but she was ignoring them.
      • The system "binked" acknowledgement.
   9. 12

      To poke lightly.

      • It didn't hurt, not at all, but at that moment, as that ballpoint binked my chest, something binked inside my head.
      • Carmen gave her a toothy grin and binked her on the nose with a forefinger.
      • As we went to reengage, Mrs. Shore jumped in and got binked with an accidental elbow .
   10. 13

       To win, especially a substantial amount due to luck.

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