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Chinse

Chinse\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chinsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinsing.] (Naut.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.

Chinsing iron, a light calking iron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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