• (v. t. & i.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
Chinse transitive verb & i. [ imperfect & past participle Chinsed ; present participle & verbal noun Chinsing .] (Nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk sli...