A dialectal or archaic term, possibly referring to a type of person or behavior; the exact modern usage is unclear.
The origin is uncertain; this appears to be a dialectal or regional English word whose meaning has been largely lost.
Some words fade from memory not because languages change, but because the specific social groups or trades that used them disappear—'alick' may have meant something specific to 19th-century sailors or rural communities we no longer know.
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