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Definition of Buckie
1. n. A large spiral marine shell, esp. the common whelk. See Buccinum.
Definition of Buckie
1. a type of shellfish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Buckie
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Buckie
Literary usage of Buckie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1862)
"Portsoy, Cullen, Porteasy, buckie, Port Gordon, are every one of them places
where all the specialities of fisher-life may be studied. buckie, from its size ..."
2. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Fraserburgh Harbour: Description. buckie Harbour: Description. Chicago Harbour:
Description ; Construction of Breakwaters ; Cost of Breakwaters. ..."
3. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1882)
"The burn runs in the central and eastern parts of the parish to the Don. The hamlet
adjoins the burn. buckie, a coast town in ..."
4. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"buckie, BUCKY, *. 1. Any spiral shell, of whatever size, S. Neptune gave first his
... buckie INGRAM, that species of crab denominated Cancer bernardus, ..."
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