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Meanings of kyack in English

A small and narrow boat propelled manually with a double-bladed paddle.

        Usage of kyack in English
        1
        Get you a plate outa that furtherest kyack, and a cup.
        Cabin Fever
        2
        There's a side of bacon in that kyack over there.
        Cabin Fever
        3
        We have seen one Eskimo here in his kyack.
        My Boyhood
        4
        She intended to steal the kyack of dried meat without which Ben and herself could not live.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
        5
        This no-kyack business is going to puzzle plenty of those boys who can do good, ordinary packing.
        The Rules of the Game
        6
        The fire was a heap of gray ashes except for its red-hot center: the kyack was in gloom.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
        7
        Then they slipped the thong of the sled across his shoulders and under his arms like loops of a kyack.
        The Snowshoe Trail
        8
        Still trying to hold the kyack of food that meant life to Ben, she turned and darted into the shadows.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
        9
        The kyack was quite in the shadow now, yet she dared not attempt its theft until the three men were asleep.
        The Sky Line of Spruce
        10
        They drove a pack-horse, their supplies loaded on a sawbuck saddle with kyacks.
        Oh, You Tex!
        11
        These various things were all stowed away in the kyacks or alforjas which hung on either side.
        The Mountains
        12
        After that he sorted and packed a careful wardrobe, and stored strange food into two canvas kyacks.
        Casey Ryan
        13
        We skirmished around and found a condemned army pack saddle with aparejos, and a sawbuck saddle with kyacks.
        Arizona Nights
        14
        They're used to kyacks.
        The Rules of the Game
        15
        In summer they kill a few reindeer from their kyacks, or skin canoes, while crossing the big lakes on their migrations.
        Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Frankl...
        16
        The kyacks or alforjas just mentioned are made either of heavy canvas, or of rawhide shaped square and dried over boxes.
        The Mountains
        Kyack through the time