Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kolinsky \Ko*lin"sky\, n. [Russ. kolinski of Kola, a district in
   northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound.]
   Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., {Putorius
   sibiricus}, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp.
   for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names
   for the fur are {red sable} and {Tatar sable}.