Ducis, Jean

FRANÇOIS, a French dramatist, B. at Versailles, 1733. He took Shakspeare for his model, and the majority of his plays are free imitations of the English poet, altered to accommodate the taste of the times. D. 1816. Duck, ( duk ,) n. [Swed. duk , cloth; Ger. tuch , intensive of L. Sax. tog . A kind of coarse cloth or canvas of light texture, used for small sails, bed-sacking, awnings, .; also, a description used for men's wearing apparel; as, duck trousers.