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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We seated ourselves on a rock near the water; just beside us was the old boat, with its killick and painter stretched ashore, where its owner had left it.
From Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne
Here, lay hold of the rope and make a hitch round that killick.
From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Wood, Stanley L.
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.
Why, my cap come off and fell in the water, and I had to up with the killick and row after it.”
From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.
"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 Day, Holman
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