hickory

plural hickories · alternative obsolete hiccory · alternative obsolete hickery · alternative obsolete pokickery

1. countableAny of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.

   [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."

   1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie Daniels Band

2. uncountableThe wood of these trees.
3. countableuncountableA coarse, durable cotton fabric.

   The loggers wore hickory shirts.

4. countableinformalgolfA club with a head made from hickory wood.

   I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]

   2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182

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

   2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117

1. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A census-designated place in Graves County, Kentucky, named for the hickory trees.
   2. An unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland.
   3. A town in Newton County, Mississippi, named for "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson).
   4. A city mostly in Catawba County, North Carolina, named after the Hickory Tavern.
   5. A town in Murray County, Oklahoma.
   6. A census-designated place in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
   7. An unincorporated community in the city of Chesapeake, Virginia.
   8. A number of townships, listed under Hickory Township.