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A pet; a darling. |
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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. |
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The light clothes worn by sailors in hot climates. |
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To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and
suddenly withdraw. |
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To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing
it; as, duck the boy. |
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To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward
motion. |
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To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear;
to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to dip. |
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To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow. |
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Any bird of the subfamily Anatinae, family Anatidae. |
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A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. |