pinked, ppl. a.
(pɪŋkt)
[f. pink v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Pierced, pricked, wounded; also, tattooed.
| 1608 Day Hum. out of Br. iv. iii, I like a whole skinne better then a pinkt one. 1781 Cowper Expostulation 486 Taught thee to clothe thy pinked and painted hide. 1929 Papers Mich. Acad. Sci., Arts & Lett. X. 314/2 Pinked, struck by bullets. |
2. a. Of cloth, leather, etc.: Ornamented with perforations, or (later) cut edges; slashed, scalloped.
| 1598 Florio, Trine, cuts, iags, snips, or such cutting or pinching, pinckt worke in garments. 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, v. iv. 50 There was a Habberdashers Wife..that rail'd vpon me, till her pinck'd porrenger fell off her head. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 14/2 Pinked or raised Shooes, have the over leathers grain part cut into Roses, or other devices. 1693 Shadwell Volunteers iv. Wks. 1720 IV. 462 I'll make thee fuller of Holes, then e'er pink't Satin was. 1807 Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 347 Verses fine Round the pink'd rims of crisped Valentine. 1849 James Woodman ii, A sorry-coloured, pinked doublet. |
b. Of flounces, frills, ribbons, etc.: Having the raw edge of the material stamped or cut into scallops, jags, or narrow points. Often pinked out.
| 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Yrs. in India xi. 273 A black satin polka jacket with ‘pinked’ flouncing. 1884 Daily News 23 Sept. 6/1 The skirt..edged with a very thick ruche of pinked-out silk in the two colours. 1888 Lady 25 Oct. 378/2 A most becoming little bonnet in pinked-out cloth and velvet. 1893 Ibid. 17 Aug. 172/3 The bretelle frill is straight at the pinked edge. |