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A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green.

An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.

See Clinkstone.

One who blinks with, or as with, weak eyes. Among the blind the one-eyed blinkard reigns. Marvell.

One who, or that which, blinks.

A chain in which the alternate links are broad blocks connected by thin side links pivoted to the ends of the blocks, used with sprocket wheels to transmit power, as in a bicycle.

a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin.

Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.

Consisting of little links or chains.

A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc. [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29.

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession. The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South. A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving.

k, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [Obs.] It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. L'Estrange. I'll go in couples with her. Shak.

To chain together; to connect, as by links. Shak.

a hinge consisting of an eye or loop and a hook. -- Gemel ring, a ring with two or more links; a gimbal. See Gimbal. -- Gemel window, a window with two bays.

In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.

nds together, or connects, separate things; a part of a connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." Shak.

The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.