† killbuckn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A fierce-looking fellow.
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1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares i. sig. C4v Thar. Well haue you done now Ladie. Ars. O my sweet kilbuck. Thar. You now, in your shallow pate, thinke this a disgrace to mee.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Killbuck, suyr gesicht.
2. Applied to the keeper of a deer-park.Apparently an isolated use.
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1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 90 A poor kill-buck that never frightened anything before save a dun deer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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