Tink"er*shire (?), Tin"kle (?), n. Zool.
The common guillemot.
[Prov. Eng.]
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Tin"kle (?), v. i. [Freq. of tink. See Tink, Tingle.]
1.
To make, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink.
As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Cor. xiii. 1.
The sprightly horse
Moves to the music of his tinkling bells.
Dodsley.
2.
To hear, or resound with, a small, sharp sound.
And his ears tinkled, and the color fled.
Dryden.
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Tin"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinkled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Tinkling.]
To cause to clonk, or make small, sharp, quick sounds.
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Tin"kle, n.
A small, sharp, quick sound, as that made by striking metal.
Cowper.
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