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noun

Pinking n.

The act of piercing or stabbing.

The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron.

Pinking iron.

(a)

An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc.

(b)

A sword. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Pinking'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pinking" Quotes from Famous Books

... into the kitchen and resumed her business of making a dried-apple pie. There was a hot fire in the stove and she opened the back door to let in the fresh air. She worked briskly, rolling out the dough, filling the deep dish, and pinking the edges of the upper crust with a fork. She was thinking as she worked, but not of the minister ...

— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln

... white or colourless. Its colour varies very much—some stones are straw-colour, some are grey, white, blue, green, and orange. A very favourite colour is the pink, but in most cases this colour is not natural to the stone, but is the result of "burning," or "pinking" as the process is called technically, which process is to raise the temperature of a yellow stone till the yellow tint turns to a pink of the colour desired. The topaz is harder than quartz, as will be seen on reference to the "Hardness" table, and ...

— The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones • John Mastin