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   Chink (chĭṉk), n. [OE. chine, AS. cīne fissure, chink, fr. cīnan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, “the chinks of a wall”.
   
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   Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky.
   
   Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay.
   
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   Chink (chĭṉk), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang]
   
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   Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (chĭṉkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.
   
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   Chink, v. t.
   1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
   
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   2. To fill up the chinks of; as, “to chink a wall”.
   
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   Chink, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.]
   1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. “Chink of bell.”  Cowper.
   
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   2. Money; cash. [Cant] “To leave his chink to better hands.”  Somerville.
   
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   Chink, v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.  Pope.
   
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   Chink, v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies.  Arbuthnot.
   
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