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wisket, whisket dial.|ˈwɪskɪt, hw-|
Also 6 wysket(e, -cet, wiskyt, wiscat, 7–8 wiskett, 9 w(h)iskit, whiskett.
[orig. and mainly north. dial.; ? derived (with -et1) from the stem represented by the Scand. forms quoted s.v. whisk n.1]
Local name for a basket, of various kinds and uses.
1542in Lanc. Wills (Chetham Soc. 1857) 81, iiij stone and a half in ij grete wyscettis of wole; in another wisket xxx pond..; in another wisket xxti pound. 1570Levins Manip. 87/23 A Wysket, sportula. 1674Ray N.C. Words 53 A Whisket, a Basket, a skuttle, or shallow Ped. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 173/2 A Wisket, or Straw-basket, in which Provender is given Cows or Oxen. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. E 2, Poor people..that go daily to the Mines, carry a small Wiskett and a Hammer along with them. 1828Craven Gloss., Whisket, a small clothes basket. 1838R. Owen in Life (1894) I. iv. 139 A wisket of lovely grapes. 1897‘O. Rhoscomyl’ White Rose Arno 243 They'll tumble up from below like whelps from a wisket.
Comb.1621Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 248 To the wiskett maker,..iijs. |