Zinked vs Tinked - What's the difference?
zinked | tinked |
(zinc)
a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30.
(rare) To electroplate with zinc.
(rare) To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.
(tink)
(knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
* Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
* 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
As verbs the difference between zinked and tinked
is that zinked is (zinc) while tinked is (tink).zinked
English
Verb
(head)zinc
English
(wikipedia zinc)Noun
(-)Derived terms
(element) * * butter of zinc * cadmium zinc telluride * copper-zinc * platinum-zinc * sulfate of zinc, sulphate of zinc * uranyl zinc acetate * zinc-air * zinc alum * zinc amide * zinc acetate * zincate * zinc blende * zinc-bloom * zinc chills * zinc chloride * zinc chromate * zinc chromate hydroxide * zinc chrome * zinc dichloride * zinc dust * zinced, zincked * zinc finger * zinc foil * zinc gluconate * zinc gluconate glycine * zinc gray, zinc grey * zinc green * zinc hydroxide * zincian * zincic, zinckic * zinciferous, zinckiferous, zinkiferous * zincification, zinckification * zincify, zinckify * zincing, zincking * zinc iron * zincite, zinckite, zinkite * zinc methyl * zinco- * zincography * zincoid * zinc oxide * zinc powder * zinc pyrithione * zinc roof * zinc selenide * zinc shakes * zinc spar * zinc spinel * zinc sponge * zinc stearate * zinc sulfide, zinc sulphide * zinc uranyl acetate * zinc white * zinc yellow * zincy, zincky, zinky * zinebSee also
(other terms of interest) * blende * brass * calamine * franklinite * German silver * nickelled silver * smithsonite * solder * spelter * sphalerite * typewriter metalVerb
Synonyms
* (electroplate with zinc) galvanizeAnagrams
* ----tinked
English
Verb
(head)tink
English
Etymology 1
Imitative.Synonyms
* tinkleReferences
[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]Etymology 2
knit spelled backwards.Verb
(en verb)- Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
- If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.