Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [OE. chine, AS. c[=i]ne fissure, chink, fr. c[=i]nan 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.
Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. --Macaulay.
Chink \Chink\ (ch[i^][ng]k), n. [From chinaman.] a chinaman; a chinese person; -- disparaging and offensive. [slang] [PJC]
Chink \Chink\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chinked} (ch[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chinking}.] To crack; to open.
Chink \Chink\, v. t. 1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.
Chink \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.
2. Money; cash. [Cant] ``To leave his chink to better hands.'' --Somerville.
Chink \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.
Chink \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.
The timber industry, however, considers closure of the areas in question an overreaction. "We see this as just one more chink in the land base we have to have to meet timber demand," Dick said.