Middle English Dictionary Entry
cink n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | cink n.(1) Also sink(e. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In the game of dice or hazard: the five on a die; a throw that turns up a five [inferior only to six]; casten ~; fig. sis and cink, sis-sink, a lucky throw, good luck.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.125 : O prudent folk..youre bagges been noght filled with ambes as, But with sys-cynk, that renneth for youre chaunce.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pard.(Manly-Rickert)C.653 : Seuene is my chaunce, and thyn is cynk and treye.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.Doubl.(Frf 16)75 : So wel ffortuned ys hir chaunce..With sis and synke they kan avaunce.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.OFools (LdMisc 683)59 : Whos chaunce goth nouther on synk nor sis, With ambes-as encreseth his dyspence.
- c1475 Dice(2) (Brm)25 : Be sysse and synkys that ȝe haue cast Ȝe schall haue swyche freynchepe at ye last.
- c1475 Dice(2) (Brm)37 : Sysse, synke, and dewsse ys ȝour cast..but be not agast!
- c1475 Dice(2) (Brm)41 : Ȝowr cast ys sysse, synke and as; Ȝe stond rygth in wonder casse..God by ȝour helpe and consell!
- c1475 Dice(2) (Brm)85 : Ȝe that haue cast her thre synkys, Ȝe dare not sey all that ȝe thynkes.
- 1558(a1437) Lydg.Hay (Add 29729)102 : Nowe sise, nowe synke, nowe ambbes aas; The chaunce stondes in no stabulenes.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1400 Dice(2) (Boston 100)p.28 : Yynk, cater, deux is schauns yin Of yis cast.
Note: New form: Also..yink.--per MLL