CHINSING

Verb

chinsing

present participle of chinse

Anagrams

• inchings, sinching

Source: Wiktionary


CHINSE

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



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