killock
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Noun
[edit]killock (plural killocks)
- A small anchor.
- A kind of anchor formed by a stone enclosed by pieces of wood fastened together.
- The fluke of such an anchor.
- (naval slang) A leading seaman, who wears a badge with an anchor emblem.
- 2005, Bill Hawkins, The Other Cockleshell Heroes, page 32:
- Unabashed, the Killock tilted his head to one side in mock examination, puckering his bulbous nose.