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† ˈkillbuck Obs. rare.
Also 7 kilbuck.
[f. kill v. + buck n.1 Cf. next.]
1. A fierce-looking fellow.
1612Chapman Widowes T. i. iv, Thar. Well, have you done now, Ladie? Ars. O my sweet kilbuck. Thar. You now in your shallow pate thinke this a disgrace to mee. 1660Hexham, Kilbuck, or fierce-look, Suyr gesicht.
2. Applied to the keeper of a deer-park. nonce-use.
1826Scott Woodst. iii, A poor kill-buck that never frightened anything before save a dun deer. |