The general name for a sailor's dress in warm climates. Also, the military English of Bombay. See also JEMMY DUCKS, the keeper of the poultry on board ship. Dried herrings, or Digby ducks in N. S.
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). ...
·noun <<Duckweed>>. ...
West out of Castle Yard, and south to Cursitor's Alley. A small portion only in Farringdon Ward With...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The ship's poulterer. A sobriquet which has universally obtained in a man-of-war. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose