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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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BINK, n.², v.¹

1. n. A crease, a fold, a bending movement.Lth. 1825 Jam.²:
A horse is said to give a bink, when he makes a false step in consequence of the bending of one of the joints.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xxvii.:
And having a kind of trot in his walk, from a bink forward in his knees.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 70:
Shoes which were at first too large . . . become at last . . . full of “binks” or bends.

†fig., to play bink, to yield (Lth. 1825 Jam.²).

2. v.

(1) “To bend, to bow down, to courtesy, leaning forward in an awkward manner” (Lth. 1825 Jam.²).Edb. 1822 R. Wilson Poems 25, 32:
Now doun amang the flow'rs wad binkit. . . . His stoitrin' shanks, sae auld an' feeble, Laigh bink'd beneath his toil-worn trunk.Edb. 1894 P. H. Hunter J. Inwick v.:
Mind ye bink doun an' say “sir” whan ye spak til him.

(2) “To press down, so as to deprive anything of its proper shape. It is principally used as to shoes, when, by careless wearing, they are allowed to fall down in the heels” (Sc. 1808 Jam.).Ags.(D) 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) x.:
Altho' my auld anes [shoes] were gey binkit, an worn doon at the heels.