bink

American  

[bingk] / bɪŋk /

noun

binks plural

1. Scot.. a bench for sitting on.

2. Scot.. a seat occupied by a judge or the symbolic seat of the judicial office.

3. Scot.. a shelf of stone or wood used especially for dishes and other kitchenware.

4. Scot.. a natural or fabricated embankment of earth or rock.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• binks
  plural

Example Sentences

"Let me once win the peat bink," says Dan, "and I'll wander the devil himsel'."

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John

I wonder, Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof lock'd in loof, What our wee heads could think.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

Fu' length they a' stretch out Upon ae bink that green trees hap In shade.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret

When he got there, he found his mother sitting on the bink by the door knitting quietly.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

Its ornaments were trenchers of pewter, mixed with a silver cup or two, which, in the highest degree of cleanliness, occupied a range of shelves like those of a beauffet, popularly called "the bink."

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir