Definition of duck

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Duck (n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing..

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Cracker :: Cracker (n.) The pintail duck.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae..
Stiff-tailed :: Stifftail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Sharptail :: Sharptail (n.) The pintail duck.
Apron :: Apron (n.) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.
Haiduck :: Haiduck (n.) Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts..
Duck :: Duck (v. i.) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.
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..
Speculum :: Speculum (n.) A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female..
Dive :: Dive (v. t.) To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
Querquedule :: Querquedule (n.) The pintail duck.
Teal :: Teal (n.) Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The male is handsomely colored, and has a bright green or blue speculum on the wings..
Spine-tailed :: Spinetail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Smew :: Smew (n.) small European merganser (Mergus albellus) which has a white crest; -- called also smee, smee duck, white merganser, and white nun..
Squealer :: Squealer (n.) The harlequin duck.
Sailcloth :: Sailcloth (n.) Duck or canvas used in making sails.
Spiketail :: Spiketail (n.) The pintail duck.
Team :: Team (n.) A flock of wild ducks.
Decoy-duck :: Decoy-duck (n.) A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger..
Geoduck :: Geoduck (n.) A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food..
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