killick
a small anchor or weight for mooring a boat, sometimes consisting of a stone secured by pieces of wood.
any anchor.
Origin of killick
1- Also kil·lock [kil-ik, -uhk]. /ˈkɪl ɪk, -ək/. .
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How to use killick in a sentence
Let the student continue this comparison till he attains very nearly the brevity and discrimination displayed by Mr. killick.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)A breeze at nightfall fanned her along, and when her killick went down, the rusty chain groaned querulously from her hawse-hole.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThey were as close to the south bank as it was safe to keep, and followed killick's sloop with as much precision as possible.
French and English | Evelyn Everett-Greenkillick, as a withered old Shylock, gave a really masterly representation of ancient villainy.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy | Paul Jones.Mrs. killick, a trouser-finisher, told the Sweating Committee that she could not make more than 1s.
The Alien Invasion | William Henry Wilkins
British Dictionary definitions for killick
killock (ˈkɪlək)
/ (ˈkɪlɪk) /
nautical a small anchor, esp one made of a heavy stone
Origin of killick
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