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Thread #72339   Message #2772385
Posted By: Jim Carroll
24-Nov-09 - 04:19 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: What is a killick?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What is a killick?
From 'The Sailor' Word-book' by Admiral W H Smyth (circa 1867), probably the most comprehensive dictionary of sea terms I have ever come across.
Killock - small anchor. Flue of anchor (See Kellagh)-
Kellagh - The Earse term for a wooden anchor with a stone in it, but in later times is applied to any grapnel or small anchor.
Jim Carroll