icker

[ ik-er ]

noun

, Scot.

1. the fruit-bearing spike of any cereal plant, especially an ear of corn.

Word History and Origins

Origin of icker¹

1505–15; Scots form of ear ², continuing Old English æhher, eher (Northumbrian dial.)

Example Sentences

Foss′icker, a mining gleaner who works over old diggings, and scratches about in the beds of creeks; Foss′icking.

From Project Gutenberg

Mim′icker; Mim′icry, act of mimicking: an imitative resemblance in one animal to another or to some inanimate object.

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