killick
Americannoun
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a small anchor or weight for mooring a boat, sometimes consisting of a stone secured by pieces of wood.
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any anchor.
noun
Etymology
Origin of killick
First recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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I'll take her over the bar at seven o'clock and drop killick outside, if 'tis as calm as it is to-day.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
In the shallow water near the beach, we dropped our killick.
From Jim Davis by Masefield, John
Stone as big a killick, Master Aleck; that’s what did that.
From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Wood, Stanley L.
You can’t get down there without a killick or some other weight.”
From Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore by Browne, Gordon
A breeze at nightfall fanned her along, and when her killick went down, the rusty chain groaned querulously from her hawse-hole.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
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