Killick--This word has been around in its literal sense since the sixteenth century. To start with, it usually referred to a rock or big stone that a ship used in lieu of a metal anchor. A fairly modern example is in Jim Davis, by John Masefield: “In the shallow water near the beach, we dropped our killick”.
Killick--This word has been around in its literal sense since the sixteenth century. To start with, it usually referred to a rock or big stone that a ship used in lieu of a metal anchor. A fairly modern example is in Jim Davis, by John Masefield: “In the shallow water near the beach, we dropped our killick”.