Noah Webster
Pink
PINK, noun
1. An eye, or a small eye; but now disused except in composition, as in pink-eyed, pink-eye.
2. A plant and flower of the genus Dianthus, common in our gardens.
3. A color used by painters; from the color of the flower.
4. Any thing supremely excellent.
5. A ship with a very narrow stern.
6. A fish, the minnow.
PINK, verb transitive To work in eyelet-holes; to pierce with small holes.
1. To stab; to pierce.