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iktas, n. pl. N. Amer. colloq.|ˈɪktəs| Also ectas, ictas, ictus, iktics, iktus. [Chinook.] Goods; belongings; things.
1856Democratic State Jrnl. (Sacramento, Calif.) 4 Oct. 3/1 They are getting short of blankets and other ictas. a1861T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1863) iv. 53 My motley retinue followed me humbly, bearing ‘ikta’, my traps, and their own plunder. 1892in Brit. Columbia Hist. Q. (1941) Oct. 302 They chiefly took their pay in blankets and provisions and other ectas—the balance in coin. 1951R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains 101 We got eighteen horses, a summer's grub and all the ictus we need for the time being. 1965S. G. Lawrence Forty Yrs. on Yukon Telegraph vi. 34, I must get some iktics together and hide. |