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g a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

d States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Penuriousness. [Obs.] By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer.

A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

See Cinchona.

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

The bark of any species of cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.

See Clinker-built.

A British wagtail.

A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.