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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F. vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus {Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the American widgeon ({Anas Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. [1913 Webster] {Bald-faced widgeon}, or {Green-headed widgeon}, the American widgeon. {Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck. {Gray widgeon}. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck. {Great headed widgeon}, the poachard. {Pied widgeon}. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander. {Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser. {Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary. {Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.] {Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler. {White widgeon}, the smew. {Wood widgeon}, the wood duck. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), v. i. 1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip. [1913 Webster] In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. [1913 Webster] The learned pate Ducks to the golden fool. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), n. [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG. doccha, G. docke. Cf. {Doxy}.] A pet; a darling. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duck \Duck\, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d[=u]kr cloth; akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken, OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf. 5th {Duck}.] 1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. [1913 Webster] Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] 2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; as, duck the boy. [1913 Webster] 3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will duck his head aside." --Swift. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family {Anatid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. [1913 Webster] Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {Bombay duck} (Zool.), a fish. See {Bummalo}. {Buffel duck}, {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}. {Duck ant} (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees. {Duck barnacle}. (Zool.) See {Goose barnacle}. {Duck hawk}. (Zool.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard. {Duck mole} (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus}, {mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}. {To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets; hence: {To play at ducks and drakes}, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably. {Lame duck}. See under {Lame}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: duck n 1: small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs 2: (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman [syn: {duck}, {duck's egg}] 3: flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) 4: a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents v 1: to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him" 2: submerge or plunge suddenly 3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {dip}, {douse}, {duck}] 4: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn: {hedge}, {fudge}, {evade}, {put off}, {circumvent}, {parry}, {elude}, {skirt}, {dodge}, {duck}, {sidestep}]