inwickn.
/ˈɪnwɪk/, U.S. /ˈɪnˌwɪk/, Scottish English /ˈɪnwɪk/ Scottish. Curling.
A shot which strikes the inside of another stone and glances off it to the tee, as in a cannon in billiards; practised when an adversary's stone is in, and strongly guarded from front attack; the same as an inring n. (but see the verb).
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inring1789
outwick1805
inwick1820
wick1823
witter shot1823
outring1824
inturn1890
out-turn1890
stug1897
draw1902
draw shot1902
in-curl1903
out-curl1903
long slide1936
slide1950
peel1984
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 572 Bringing up by means of what is termed an in-wick his next stone.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (at cited word) To take an inwick is considered by all curlers the finest trick in the game.
1831 in Blackwood's Mag. 30 970 Then by a dexterous in-wick eject the winner.
1831 in Blackwood's Mag. 30 971 To make a succession of in-wicks up a port.
1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 683/2 The player..does his best to take the inwick or angle; and by a skilfully ‘laid on’ stone..the inwick is taken; his stone glides off, angles towards the tee, knocks his adversary's stone out of shot—himself remaining in the while.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
inwickv.
Scottish. Curling.
intransitive. To take or make an inwick; to ‘cannon’ off the inner side of another stone so as to reach the tee and knock out an opponent's stone when this is guarded in front. Usually in inwicking n.Mactaggart in quot. 1824 distinguishes inwick and inring, but this is not done by other authorities.
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inwicking1823
outwicking1830
butting1831
inringing1831
guarding1897
promotion1897
takeout1927
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (transitive)] > actions
ride1771
draw1787
guard1787
strike1811
hog1822
inwick1823
outwick1830
promote1937
1823 Cal. Merc. 4 Jan. (Jam.) The contest was keen at drawing, striking off, and inwicking.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 280 This term is somewhat different from inring; to inwick a stone is to come up a port or wick, and strike the inring of a stone seen through that wick; now this is different from a common open inring—the two are often confounded with each other, but they are quite different.
1898 Royal Caled. Curling Club Ann. Const. 24 Every Competitor shall play 4 shots at each of the nine following points of the game, viz. Striking, Inwicking, Drawing, Guarding, Chap and Lie, Wick and Curl in, Raising, Chipping the Winner, and Drawing through a Port, according to the definitions and diagrams here given.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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