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caïque|kɑːˈiːk|
Also 7 caik, caic, caicche, 8 caick, 7, 9 kaik.
[a. Fr. caïque, ad. Turkish kaik.]
1. A light boat or skiff propelled by one or more rowers, much used on the Bosporus.
1625Purchas Pilgrims ii. 1623 Hee keepeth the Caiks and, always steereth when the Great Turke goeth vpon the water whose Caikes are most rich and beautifull to behold. 1653J. Greaves Seraglio 63 He..steers the Kings Kaik [marg. Barge]. 1702W. J. Bruyn's Voy. Levant xi. 49 Caicks, Gondalos, and other smaller Wherries. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. lxxxi, Glanced many a light caique along the foam. 1864Lond. Rev. 28 May, There he found a solitary boatman, whom he hailed, and was soon seated in his kaik. 1884J. Colborne Hicks Pasha 10 The Sultan going to mosque in a state caïque at Constantinople.
2. A Levantine sailing-vessel.
1666Lond. Gaz. No. 95/2 Some Corsar Flutes belonging to Dulcigno..took a Caicche. 1852Conybeare & H. St. Paul (1862) II. xxiii. 357 The Levantine caiques..preserve..the traditionary build and rig of ancient merchantmen. 1861Geikie E. Forbes x. 306 A crazy Turkish caique, with an old Turk, a stout Arab, and two little boys, by way of crew.
Hence caïquejee, caïkjee |kɑːˈiːkdʒiː| [Turkish], rower of a caïque.
1835Willis Pencillings II. xlv. 53 The poorest caikjee might row his little bark under its threshold. 1864Daily Tel. 24 Aug., His caïquejees can go close up to the ground with their flats and barges. |