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wick

noun

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verb

  1. absorb or draw off liquid
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwɪk/ / /ˈwɘk/

adj

Etymology: A variant of quick.

  1. 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”).

  1. A number of places in England:
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  10. A village and community in Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9272).
  11. An unincorporated community in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States.
  12. An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
  13. A surname from Old English.

noun

Etymology: Probably a clipping of wicker.

  1. 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; […]”

  2. 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.

  1. 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, […]”

  2. To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.