wick
noun
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L17445 on Wikidata ↗verb
- absorb or draw off liquid
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/ / /ˈwɘk/
adj
Etymology: A variant of quick.
- Synonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).
“Well! yo must know I were in th' Infirmary for a fever, and times were rare and bad; and there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after.”
“Thinks Abey, t' oud codger 'll nivver smoak t' trick, / I'll swop wi' him my poor deead horse for his wick, […]”
name
Etymology: From Old English wīc (“dairy farm”).
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- A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9272).
- An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
- A surname from Old English.
noun
Etymology: Probably a clipping of wicker.
- A basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.
“A captive fish still fills the anxious eyes / And willow-wicks lie ready for the prize; […]”
- Wickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).
verb
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Scots wick (“(noun) shot in which a bowl or stone is aimed at another so that one or other is deflected at an angle towards the tee, cannon; (verb) to strike (a bowl or curling stone) in such a manner; to (attempt to) reach the tee in this manner”), The Scots noun is probably derived from Middle English wike, wyke (“corner of part of the body”); the verb from Old Norse víkja (“to move, bend, curve; to retreat”): see further at etymology 4.
- To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
“He vvas the king of a' the Core, / To guard, or dravv, or vvick a bore, […]”
- To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.