the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The chaffinch.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs.
n. The primrose, Primula veris; also, the lady's-smock, Cardamine pratensis (also bog-spinks), and some other plants.
Word Usage
"-- I give thee to the devil, said he; thou hast not found here thy little tippling sippers of Paris, that drink no more than the little bird called a spink or chaffinch, and never take in their beakful of liquor till they be bobbed on the tails after the manner of the sparrows."