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To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw. Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice, leaped out of the tub. Fielding.

Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet (Zoöl.), a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; -- so named from its shape.

The May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).

Having a bill like that of a duck..

Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged. Dryden.

See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.

, from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th centur…

A young or little duck. Gay.

Duckweed.

t quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.

To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse. "Deep himself beducked." Spenser.

A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers, and thus appears large. Called also bufflehead.

A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger. Beau. & Fl.

The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator).

A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

ier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.

A fine quality of sailcloth. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks. The scoters, eiders, old squaw, and ruddy duck are examples. They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe.