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Definitions for Hickory

[1] any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
[2] the wood of any of these trees.
[3] a switch, stick, etc., of this wood.
[4] Baseball Slang . a baseball bat.
[5] Also called hickory cloth, hickory stripe . a strong fabric of twill construction, used chiefly in the manufacture of work clothes.
[6] a city in W North Carolina.
[7] any juglandaceous tree of the chiefly North American genus Carya, having nuts with edible kernels and hard smooth shells See also pecan, pignut (def. 1), bitternut (def. 1), shagbark
[8] the hard tough wood of any of these trees
[9] the nut of any of these trees
[10] a switch or cane made of hickory wood

Words related to Hickory

business, staff, sap, cudgel, works, bludgeon, baton, mace, blackjack, truncheon, hammer, nightstick, quarterstaff, mallet, shillelagh, billy, swatter, rosewood, cosh, persuader

Words nearby Hickory

hick, hick-joint pointing, hickey, hickok, hickok, wild bill, hickory, hickory hills, hickory pine, hickox, hicks, hicks yew

Origin of Hickory

1610–20, Americanism ; earlier pohickery < Virginia Algonquian (E spelling) pocohiquara a milky drink prepared from hickory nuts

Word origin for Hickory

C17: from earlier pohickery, from Algonquian pawcohiccora food made from ground hickory nuts

Synonyms for Hickory

business, staff, baton, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, cosh, cudgel, hammer, mace, mallet, nightstick, persuader, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap, shill, shillelagh, swatter, truncheon, works, conk buster, convincer