dick

n. or interj. [ Perh. a contr. of the dim. devilkins. ] The devil. [ A vulgar euphemism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not tell what the dickens his name is. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also daker, dakir; akin to Icel. dekr, Dan. deger, G. decher; all prob. from LL. dacra, dacrum, the number ten, akin to L. decuria a division consisting of ten, fr. decem ten. See Ten. ] 1. The number or quantity of ten, particularly ten hides or skins; a dakir; as, a dicker of gloves. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dicker of cowhides. Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chaffering, barter, or exchange, of small wares; as, to make a dicker. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For peddling dicker, not for honest sales. Whittier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. To negotiate a dicker; to barter. [ U.S. ] “Ready to dicker. and to swap.” Cooper.

n. Any small bird; as, adults talking to children sometimes call small birds dickeybirds. [ informal ]
Syn. -- dickybird. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [ British English ]
Syn. -- dickey, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An article of clothing worn by men, consisting of a detachable insert (usually starched), worn suspended from the neck, which simulates the front of a shirt.
Syn. -- dickey, dicky, shirtfront. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A small 3rd seat in the back of an old-fashioned 2-seat car. [ British English ]
Syn. -- dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dicky-seat, dickey box. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A genus of tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Cyatheaceae.
Syn. -- genus Dicksonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A family of plants comprising the tree ferns; it includes the genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; and Thyrsopteris.
Syn. -- family Dicksoniaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]