Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pinking}.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
   of pick.]
   1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
      or paper, in small scallops or angles.

   2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.

   3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.

Pinked \Pinked\, a.
   Pierced with small holes; worked in eyelets; scalloped on the
   edge. --Shak.