Ilk

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ilk \Ilk\ ([i^]lk), n.
     Kind; class; sort; type; as, him and his ilk; -- sometimes
     used to indicate disapproval when applied to people.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ilk \Ilk\, a. [Scot. ilk, OE. ilke the same, AS. ilca. Cf.
     {Each}.]
     Same; each; every. [Archaic] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Of that ilk},
     (a) denoting that a person's surname and the title of his
         estate are the same; as, Grant of that ilk, i.e., Grant
         of Grant. [Scottish] --Jamieson.
     (a) Of the same kind.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ilk
       n : a kind of person; "I don't like people of his ilk"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "ilk":
     blood, body-build, brand, breed, cast, character, characteristic,
     characteristics, clan, color, complexion, composition,
     constituents, constitution, crasis, denomination, description,
     designation, dharma, diathesis, disposition, ethos, feather, fiber,
     form, frame, genius, genre, genus, grain, habit, hue, humor,
     humors, kidney, kin, kind, label, line, lot, make, makeup, manner,
     mark, mold, nature, number, persuasion, phylum, physique, property,
     quality, race, shape, somatotype, sort, species, spirit, stamp,
     strain, streak, stripe, style, suchness, system, temper,
     temperament, tendency, tenor, the like of, the likes of, tone,
     tribe, type, variety, vein, way