chinse (third-person singular simple present chinses, present participle chinsing, simple past and past participle chinsed)
(nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
• Chiens, chines, inches, niches
Source: Wiktionary
Chinse, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chinsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinsing.] (Naut.)
Definition: To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly. Chinsing iron, a light calking iron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
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