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n. A carack. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili. ] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. duiker diver + bok a buck, lit., diver buck. So named from its habit of diving suddenly into the bush. ] (Zool.) A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. fuik a bow net. ] A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net. Cozzens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Haik, and Huke.

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. Egypt. hikshasu chiefs of the Bedouins, shepherds. ] A dynasty of Egyptian kings, often called the Shepherd kings, of foreign origin, who, according to the narrative of Manetho, ruled for about 500 years, forming the XVth and XVIth dynasties. It is now considered that the XVIth is merely a double of the XVth dynasty, and that the total period of the six Hyksos kings was little more than 100 years. It is supposed that they were Asiatic Semites. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The dog salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See 1st Kike. ] To look steadfastly; to gaze. [ Obs. ] [ Written also kike, keke. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This Nicholas sat ever gaping upright,
As he had kyked on the newe moon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lady + -kin. ] A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to “dear.” Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Like, v. t. ] To please; -- chiefly used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “ Sith it lyketh you.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name. ] (Zool.) A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An ancient English fishing boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rhetoric. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Mongolian sarlyk. ] (Zool.) The yak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Sike. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. See Sicker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See 2d Tike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a small child. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to the style of Vandyke the painter; used or represented by Vandyke. “His Vandyke dress.” Macaulay. [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vandyke brown (Paint.), a pigment of a deep semitransparent brown color, supposed to be the color used by Vandyke in his pictures. --
Vandyke collar or
Vandyke cape, a broad collar or cape of linen and lace with a deep pointed or scalloped edge, worn lying on the shoulders; -- so called from its appearance in pictures by Vandyke. --
Vandyke edge, an edge having ornamental triangular points. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A picture by Vandyke. Also, a Vandyke collar, or a Vandyke edge. [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fit or furnish with a Vandyke; to form with points or scallops like a Vandyke. [ R. ] [ Written also Vandyck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A trim, pointed beard, such as those often seen in pictures by Vandyke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Weak. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]