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Definition of Kyack
1. n. A pack sack to be swung on either side of a packsaddle.
Definition of Kyack
1. Noun. (obsolete spelling of kayak) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kyack
1. a packsack [n -S] - See also: packsack
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kyack
Literary usage of Kyack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and by James Williams Tyrrell (1897)
"In framing a kyack the numerous pieces are lashed together, ... The Eskimo kyack
or canoe consists of a light frame neatly made from all sorts of scrap-wood ..."
2. Across the Sub-Arctics of Canada: A Journey of 3,200 Miles by Canoe and by James Williams Tyrrell (1897)
"In framing a kyack the numerous pieces are lashed together ESKIMO ... The Eskimo
kyack or canoe consists of a light frame neatly made from all sorts of ..."
3. Arctic Experiences: Containing Capt. George E. Tyson's Wonderful Drift on by Euphemia Vale Blake (1874)
"Hans goes for her in his kyack.—She approaches.—We are saved!—All safe on board
the Tigress.—Amusing Questions.—A good Smoke and a glorious Breakfast. ..."
4. The Faröe Islands by Joseph Russell Jeaffreson (1898)
"Herr Miiller—The use of the kyack—We remove to Government House—Scenery at
Thorshavn— Fishing-smacks of Faroe—Cod-fishing—Folk-lore and ..."
5. Adventures of Two Youths in the Open Polar Sea: The Voyage of the "Vivian by Thomas Wallace Knox (1885)
"To propel this craft they have oars, or paddles, with blades at both ends ; the
blades are dipped alternately in the water, and the little kyack goes along ..."
6. Shipwrecks and disasters at sea by William Henry Giles Kingston (1883)
"One of the Esquimaux turned somersaults in the water seated in his kyack. Over and
over he and his kyack went till we cried 'enough,' and yet he wetted only ..."
7. Arctic Researches, and Life Among the Esquimaux: Being the Narrative of an by Charles Francis Hall (1865)
"The next feat I witnessed was for an Esquimaux to run his kyack, while seated in
it, over another. Getting some distance off, he strikes briskly and pushes ..."
8. The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art, and Literature edited by J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish (1894)
"In framing a kyack, the numerous pieces are all lashed together, ... This they
place on the outside of the rim at the opening of the kyack and tie securely, ..."
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