a small anchor; often, an anchor weighted with or using a stone
also kil′lock
Origin of killick
New England dialect, dialectalkillick
kil·lickWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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killick
also kil·lock
noun
A small anchor, especially one made of a stone in a wooden frame.
Origin of killick
Origin unknownTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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