kudlik
/ˈkuːdlɪk/(also qudlik) Canadian. Now chiefly historical
noun
A soapstone oil lamp of a type traditionally used for light and heat by the Inuit and other peoples of the Arctic.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Elisha Kane (1820–1857), physician and Arctic explorer. From a variant of Eastern Canadian Inuit qulliq qulliq.
- splint bone
- splinter
- splinter bar
- splinter group
- splinter party
- splinter-proof
- splintery
- split
- splitboard
- split-brain
- split decision
- split end
- split hairs
- split-half
- split image
- split infinitive
- split-level
- split one's sides (also split a gut)
- split pea
- split-personality disorder
- split-phase
- split pin
- split-rail
- split ring
- split run