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n. (Zool.) A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Deil's buckie, a perverse, refractory youngster. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From cock + leek. ] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cockaleekie. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Cooky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a black person; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.
Syn. -- darky, darkey. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [ British English ]
Syn. -- dickey, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt.
Syn. -- dickey, dicky, shirtfront. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [ British English ]
Syn. -- dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The driver of a taxicab; a hackman. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

n. Same as handkerchief.
Syn. -- handkerchief, hanky, hankey. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Elec.) A device used to adapt a lighting fixture for mounting in an outlet box, or on a pipe. [ PJC ]

2. A red mark on the skin, caused by a passionate, sucking kiss at that location. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

3. a doohickey. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui&ibreve_; naked. ] (Zool.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

☞ The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins.

But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) A South American striped frog (Pseudis paradoxa), remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult, and hence called also paradoxical frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Kee. ] Kine; cows. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. keff foam, scum + gil clay, mud. ] (Min.) A species of clay; meerschaum. [ Also written keffekil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. ker a tub. ] (Bleaching) A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., fr. kiesel flint + guhr an earthy deposit or sediment in water. ] Siliceous earth; diatomaceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Prof. Kieser, of Jena. ] (Min.) Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Keeve, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Orig. unknown. ] A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidæ, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) Any edible sea urchin. [ Alaska ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. } [ Ar. sāqīah canal, trench. ] A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Turk., fr. Per. ser head, chief + Ar. 'asker an army. ] A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or authority of a seraskier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Seraskier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Seraskierate. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Sky, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Ski, v. i. [ PJC ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) (a) The common European sheldrake. (b) The oyster catcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Skyey. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]