Definition of "killick" []

• A small anchor, especially one made of a stone in a wooden frame. (noun)

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• "Here he threw out the killick and unwound the line from his fishing pole."
• "In the shallow water near the beach, we dropped our killick."
• "I pulled up my killick on the instant and paddled over to see what was going on, and what the creature was that had leaped out of the grass."