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Definition of Killick
1. a small anchor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Killick
Literary usage of Killick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"killick says he knew this, and caps it by telling us that Loch Hourn is just the
opposite. MELLEVILLE observes, marginally, "probably. ..."
2. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1865)
"The killick (usually so pronounced ] which is defined to be " a sort ... The bottom
of the killick is composed of one or more oars of wood from eighteen ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Robert Belt (1820)
"... tenements, and hereditaments, situate at Deptford, in trust to and for his
son (the plaintiff) John Shepherd killick, his heirs and assigns ; but if his ..."
4. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"The killick, or Sling-stone (fig. 57), does the duty of an anchor on rocky or
... This is also known by the appellation of the 'killick' in many places, ..."
5. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1870)
"... 27 я 5 i on Edw. Kaye Jupp, Accidentally Shot by on Walter killick, a Suicide,
2У s 6 с on James Kearney, a Suicide, ..."
6. The Law of Landlord and Tenant: To which is Added an Appendix of Precedents by William Woodfall, John Tidd Pratt (1829)
"136. Sid. 28. (*) Co. Lit. 162. b. (d) Powel v. killick, Bull. Ni. Pri. 57.
(e) Pool v. ... killick."
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