bink

American  

[bingk] / bɪŋk /

noun

plural

binks

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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Example Sentences

"A ring, a ring!" was now shouted, until the dark rafters, and the hams that hung on them, trembled again, and the very platters on the bink clattered against each other.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827 by Various

Why, what meaneth this, Jeanie?" said the old man—"The brown four-year-auld's milk is not seiled yet, nor the bowies put up on the bink.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Gin a’ tales be true, they hae the warmest place at his bink this vera minute. 

From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous

Pete was squatting on the floor, which was strewn with rushes, and singing— "Come, Bridget, Saint Bridget, come in at my door, The crock's on the bink, and the rush is on the floor."

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

"Will ye wait till that wasp's bink is buzzin' aboot yer lugs?"

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John