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chinse

/tʃɪns/

chinse verb: to thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

Verb

chinse (third-person singular simple present chinses, present participle chinsing, simple past and past participle chinsed)

  1. (obsolete) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

Forms of chinse

third-person singular presentchinses
present participlechinsing
past participlechinsed
pastchinsed
alternative formchintze

Questions about chinse

What does chinse mean?
Chinse means to thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
What part of speech is chinse?
Chinse is a verb.
How do you pronounce chinse?
Chinse is pronounced /tʃɪns/.
What is the past tense of chinse?
The past tense of chinse is chinsed.

Words near chinse in the dictionary

  1. chinquapins
  2. chinrest
  3. chinrests
  4. chins
  5. chins up
  6. chinse
  7. chinsed
  8. chinses
  9. chinsful
  10. Chinsha
  11. Chinsha Chiang

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