Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinked"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
of pick.]
1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
or paper, in small scallops or angles.
2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.
3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pinked \Pinked\, a.
Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the
edge. --Shak.
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