A chip or dent in something metallic.
A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.
A slight sound as of metal objects touching each other; a clink.
A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.
A vulnerability or flaw in a protection system or in any otherwise formidable system.
To crack; to open.
To cause to open in cracks or fissures.
To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.
To make a slight sound like that of metal objects touching.
To fill an opening such as the space between logs in a log house with chinking; to caulk.
A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A home run.
A blow with the hand.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.