kink

An accidental knot or sudden twist in a rope, thread, &c.; and, figuratively, an idea, a notion.

It is useless to persuade him to go, for he has taken a kink in his head that he will not."-- Carlton, The New Purchase.

I went down to Macon to the examination, whar I got a heap of new kink.--Maj. Jones's Courtship, p. 20.

Kink
·noun A fit of coughing; also, a convulsive fit of laughter. II. Kink ·noun An unreasonable notion;...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
kink
laughter. To KINK, as spoken of children, when their breath is long stopped, through eager crying or...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
kink
An accidental curling, twist, or doubling turn in a cable or rope, occasioned by its being very stif...

The Sailor's Word-Book
kink-haust
a violent cold with a cough. Lane. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose