Definition of duck

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Duck (n.) The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.

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#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Woolhead :: Woolhead (n.) The buffel duck.
Bufflehead :: Bufflehead (n.) The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.
Smee :: Smee (n.) The pintail duck.
Fulmar :: Fulmar (n.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family procellariidae, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. Among the well-known species are the arctic fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (called also fulmar petrel, malduck, and mollemock), and the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea)..
Spine-tailed :: Spinetail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Sea Widgeon :: Sea widgeon () The pintail duck.
Cucking Stool :: Cucking stool () A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool..
Apron :: Apron (n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
Sprigtail :: Sprigtail (n.) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail..
Quack :: Quack (n.) The cry of the duck, or a sound in imitation of it; a hoarse, quacking noise..
Bergander :: Bergander (n.) A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.
Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) The ruddy duck. See under Ruddy.
Castigatory :: Castigatory (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket..
Lamellirostral :: Lamellirostral (a.) Having a lamellate bill, as ducks and geese..
Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
Squame :: Squamduck () The American eider duck.
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Steaminess :: Steamer (n.) The steamer duck.
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