n. [ D. kink a bend or turn, or Sw. kink. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A twist or loop in a rope or thread, caused by a spontaneous doubling or winding upon itself; a close loop or curl; a doubling in a cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. [ Colloq. ] Cozzens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Kinked p. pr. & vb. n. Kinking. ] To wind into a kink; to knot or twist spontaneously upon itself, as a rope or thread. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Chincough, Kink-haust. ] A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. kinkajou, quincajou, from the native American name. ] (Zool.) A nocturnal carnivorous mammal (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of South America, about as large as a full-grown cat. It has a prehensile tail and lives in trees. It is the only representative of a distinct family (Cercoleptidæ) allied to the raccoons. Called also potto, and honey bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. kink to gasp (cf. Chin cough) + haust a cough (akin to E. wheeze). ] Whooping cough. [ Obs.or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as 3d Kink. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of kinks; liable to kink or curl; as, kinky hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Queer; eccentric; unconventional; crotchety. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scincus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] [ Written also scink. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family Scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The officinal skink (Scincus officinalis) inhabits the sandy plains of South Africa. It was believed by the ancients to be a specific for various diseases. A common slender species (Seps tridactylus) of Southern Europe was formerly believed to produce fatal diseases in cattle by mere contact. The American skinks include numerous species of the genus Eumeces, as the blue-tailed skink (Eumeces fasciatus) of the Eastern United States. The ground skink, or ground lizard (Oligosoma laterale) inhabits the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Skinked p. pr. & vb. n. Skinking. ] [ Icel. skenja; akin to Sw. skäka, Dan. skienke, AS. scencan, D. & G. schenken. As. scencan is usually derived from sceonc, sceanc, shank, a hollow bone being supposed to have been used to draw off liquor from a cask. √161. See Shank, and cf. Nunchion. ] To draw or serve, as drink. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bacchus the wine them skinketh all about. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such wine as Ganymede doth skink to Jove. Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To serve or draw liquor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Drink; also, pottage. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who serves liquor; a tapster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Undertapster. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]