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To think wrongly. [Obs.] "Adam misthought of her." Milton.

A temporary blindness, or impairment of sight, said to be caused by sleeping in the moonlight; -- sometimes called nyctalopia.

To exceed in drinking.

To drink to excess.

Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina.

A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky. Sir W. Scott. Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern.

See Chebacco, and 1st Pink.

Having small eyes. Holland.

Having a very narrow stern; -- said of a vessel.

Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the edge. Shak.

The act or method of decorating fabrics or garments with a pinking iron; also, the style of decoration; scallops made with a pinking iron. Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]

Somewhat pink.

Quality or state of being pink.

elia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass.

Whitsuntide. [Written also pingster and pinxter.] Pinkster flower (Bot.), the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers.

See 1st Pink.

h holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs. [Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. "And prink their hair with daisies." Cowper.

One who prinks.

The smooth and level extent of ice marked off for the game of curling.