Din"gey (?), Din"gy, Din"ghy, n. [Bengalee dingi.]
1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also dinghey.]
Malcom.
2. A ship's smallest boat.
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Din"gy (?), a. [Compar. Dingier (?); superl. Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.] Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty. "Scraps of dingy paper."
Macaulay.
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