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† ˈhellick, a. Obs. rare.
[OE. had hel-líc hellish, infernal, f. hel + -líc -like. It is not clear whether the 16th c. use was a revival of the OE.]
Of or belonging to hell; hellish, infernal.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 380 Ða hellican fynd. Ibid. II. 78 Scyldiᵹ he wæs to hellicere susle. 1581J. Studley tr. Seneca's Hippolytus 67 b, Who when the hellicke hound From Tartares griesly gates in chaynes he dragd above the ground. Ibid. 73 The Hellick Tyrant knowes his perfect tale. |