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/tʃɪns/ · verb
(obsolete, nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..
Use chinse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chinse means (obsolete, nautical) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel, the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use chinse where its definition matches the intended context.
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