Hickory

//ˈhɪkəɹiː// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts. countable

    "[H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump And said, "Boy, let me tell you what.""

  2. 2
    American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood of these trees. uncountable
  4. 4
    valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees wordnet
  5. 5
    A coarse, durable cotton fabric. countable, uncountable

    "The loggers wore hickory shirts."

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  1. 6
    A club with a head made from hickory wood. countable, informal

    "What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem."

Etymology

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

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