| Anchor and killick went down, JOLLY ROSE swung to, and he fastened everything snug and tight. |
| Mrs Brash had fired the train and killick was the explosion. |
| Here, lay hold of the rope and make a hitch round that killick. |
| Here he threw out the killick and unwound the line from his fishing pole. |
| I seem to recall that one apprentice went ashore one Saturday afternoon with a killick he knew. |
| As the rank badge of a Royal Canadian Navy Leading Seaman was a single fouled anchor, the slang term killick has to come to represent the rank Leading Seaman. |
