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Widgeon \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
-onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus
{Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the
American widgeon ({Anas Americana}) are the most important
species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate},
{baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and
{whitebelly}.
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{Bald-faced widgeon}, or {Green-headed widgeon}, the American
widgeon.

{Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.

{Gray widgeon}.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.

{Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.

{Pied widgeon}.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.

{Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.

{Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.

{Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]

{Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.

{White widgeon}, the smew.

{Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.
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Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), v. i.
1. To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear;
to dive; to plunge the head in water or other liquid; to
dip.
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In Tiber ducking thrice by break of day. --Dryden.
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2. To drop the head or person suddenly; to bow.
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The learned pate
Ducks to the golden fool. --Shak.
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Duck \Duck\ (d[u^]k), n. [Cf. Dan. dukke, Sw. docka, OHG.
doccha, G. docke. Cf. {Doxy}.]
A pet; a darling. --Shak.
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Duck \Duck\, n. [D. doek cloth, canvas, or Icel. d[=u]kr cloth;
akin to OHG. tuoh, G. tuch, Sw. duk, Dan. dug.]
1. A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter
than canvas, -- used for the lighter sails of vessels, the
sacking of beds, and sometimes for men's clothing.
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2. (Naut.) pl. The light clothes worn by sailors in hot
climates. [Colloq.]
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Duck \Duck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ducked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ducking}.] [OE. duken, douken, to dive; akin to D. duiken,
OHG. t?hhan, MHG. tucken, t["u]cken, t?chen, G. tuchen. Cf.
5th {Duck}.]
1. To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and
suddenly withdraw.
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Adams, after ducking the squire twice or thrice,
leaped out of the tub. --Fielding.
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2. To plunge the head of under water, immediately withdrawing
it; as, duck the boy.
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3. To bow; to bob down; to move quickly with a downward
motion. " Will duck his head aside." --Swift.
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Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See {Duck}, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily {Anatin[ae]}, family
{Anatid[ae]}.
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Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into {river ducks} and {sea ducks}. Among the former
are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas}); the wood
duck ({Aix sponsa}); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata}); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America ({Cairina moschata}). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
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2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
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Here be, without duck or nod,
Other trippings to be trod. --Milton.
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{Bombay duck} (Zool.), a fish. See {Bummalo}.

{Buffel duck}, {Spirit duck}. See {Buffel duck}.

{Duck ant} (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which
builds large nests in trees.

{Duck barnacle}. (Zool.) See {Goose barnacle}.

{Duck hawk}. (Zool.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.

{Duck mole} (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
({Ornithorhynchus anatinus}). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also {duckbill}, {platypus},
{mallangong}, {mullingong}, {tambreet}, and {water mole}.


{To make ducks and drakes}, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:

{To play at ducks and drakes}, with property, to throw it
away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.


{Lame duck}. See under {Lame}.
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