Part 3514

<hw>Duch"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Duchies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>duch\'82</ets>, OF. <ets>duch\'82e</ets>, (assumed) LL. <ets>ducitas</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dux</ets>. See <er>Duke</er>.]</ety> <def>The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.</def>

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<hw>Duck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>dukke</ets>, Sw. <ets>docka</ets>, OHG. <ets>doccha</ets>, G. <ets>docke</ets>. Cf. <er>Doxy</er>.]</ety> <def>A pet; a darling.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Duck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>doek</ets> cloth, canvas, or Icel. <ets>d<?/kr</ets> cloth; akin to OHG. <ets>tuoh</ets>, G. <ets>tuch</ets>, Sw. <ets>duk</ets>, Dan. <ets>dug</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<hw>Duck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ducked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ducking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>duken</ets>, <ets>douken</ets>, to dive; akin to D. <ets>duiken</ets>, OHG. <ets>t<?/hhan</ets>, MHG. <ets>tucken</ets>, <ets>t\'81cken</ets>, <ets>t<?/chen</ets>, G. <ets>tuchen</ets>. Cf. 5th <er>Duck</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.</def>

<blockquote>Adams, after <b>ducking</b> the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing it; <as>as, <ex>duck</ex> the boy</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward motion. " Will <i>duck</i> his head aside.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

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<hw>Duck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip.</def>

<blockquote>In Tiber <b>ducking</b> thrice by break of day. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.</def>

<blockquote>The learned pate <b>Ducks</b> to the golden fool. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Duck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>duke</ets>, <ets>doke</ets>. See <er>Duck</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zool.)</fld> <def>Any bird of the subfamily <spn>Anatin\'91</spn>, family <spn>Anatid\'91</spn>.</def>

<note>&hand; The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into <i>river ducks</i> and <i>sea ducks</i>. Among the former are the common domestic duck (<spn>Anas boschas</spn>); the wood duck (<spn>Aix sponsa</spn>); the beautiful mandarin duck of China (<spn>Dendronessa galeriliculata</spn>); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America (<spn>Cairina moschata</spn>). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.</def>

<blockquote>Here be, without <b>duck</b> or nod, Other trippings to be trod. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Bombay duck</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a fish. See <er>Bummalo</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Buffel duck</col>, &or; <col>Spirit duck</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Buffel duck</er>.</cd> -- <col>Duck ant</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees.</cd> -- <col>Duck barnacle</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Goose barnacle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Duck hawk</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the United States: The peregrine falcon.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.</cd> -- <col>Duck mole</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (<spn>Ornithorhynchus anatinus</spn>). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also <altname>duckbill</altname>, <altname>platypus</altname>, <altname>mallangong</altname>, <altname>mullingong</altname>, <altname>tambreet</altname>, and <altname>water mole</altname>.</cd> -- <col>To make ducks and drakes</col>, <cd>to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets<-- = skipping stones --></cd>; hence: <col>To play at ducks and drakes</col>, with property, <cd>to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.</cd> -- <col>Lame duck</col>. <cd>See under <er>Lame</er>.</cd></cs>

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