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creek

creek \'kre-k, 'krik\ n [ME crike, creke, fr. ON -kriki bend; akin to ON 
   kro-kr] hook - more at CROOK chiefly Brit  1: a small inlet or bay narrower 
   and extending farther inland than a cove  2: a natural stream of water 
   normally smaller than and often tributary to a  river dial chiefly Brit  3: 
   a narrow or winding passage Creek \'kre-k\ n : a member of a confederacy of 
   peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock formerly  occupying most of Alabama and 
   Georgia and parts of Florida