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Capable of being thought or conceived; cogitable. Sir W. Hamilton.

One who thinks; especially and chiefly, one who thinks in a particular manner; as, a close thinker; a deep thinker; a coherent thinker.

g the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.

ike, from a flat surface, as of a table, into a small cup or basket; --called also tiddlywinks. [U. S.]

Same as Tiddledywinks. Kipling.

To make a sharp, shrill noise; to tinkle. Wyclif (1 Cor. xiii. 1).

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.

The act or work of a tinker.

After the manner of a tinker. [R.]

The common guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]

ke, or give forth, small, quick, sharp sounds, as a piece of metal does when struck; to clink. As sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 1 Cor. xiii. 1. The sprightly horse Moves to the music of his tinkling bells. Dodsley.

A tinker. [Prov. Eng.]

A tinkle, or succession of tinkles. Drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds. Gray.

The Indians of a seafaring group of tribes of southern Alaska comprising the Koluschan stock. Previous to deterioration from contact with the whites they were the foremost traders of the northwest. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slaver…

To labor excessively. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A kind of fishing net. [Obs.] Crabb.

p's foremast, probably on a lateen yard. Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands. Hakluyt.

One who trinkets. [Obs.]

Ornaments of dress; trinkets, collectively. No trinketry on front, or neck, or breast. Southey.

To act secretly, or in an underhand way; to tamper. [Obs.] Wright.