killick

American  

[kil-ik] / ˈkɪl ɪk /

Also killock

noun

1. a small anchor or weight for mooring a boat, sometimes consisting of a stone secured by pieces of wood.

2. any anchor.

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killick British  

/ ˈkɪlɪk, ˈkɪlək /

noun

1. nautical a small anchor, esp one made of a heavy stone

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Etymology

Origin of killick

First recorded in 1620–30; origin uncertain

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Example Sentences

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killick

So it was up helm, and in the dusk, the Rosita crept stealthily under the sombre shade of Creston, and let go the killick at the gap beneath the signal-tower.

From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

"I reckon the old man will be dropping the killick before long," he said.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day

Stone as big a killick, Master Aleck; that’s what did that.

From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Stanley L. Wood

They usually contained a coil of half-inch line for the road, a "killick," and a brace of powder-kegs for the trawls.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

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 Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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