wichwychn.

Brit.

/wɪtʃ/, U.S.

/wɪtʃ/

Forms: Also 1600s wietch.

Etymology: apparently a differentiated variant of wick n.²; compare ditch and dike (Old English díc), lich and lyke (Old English líc). The original meaning may have been the group of buildings connected with a salt-pit. The chief names of salt-making towns in which the word occurs are Droitwich (formerly Wich) in Worcestershire, Middlewich, Nantwich, and Northwich in Cheshire. N.E.D. (1924) gives the pronunciation as (witʃ, locally wəitʃ) /wɪtʃ/, locally /waɪtʃ/.

local.

A salt-works, salt-pit, or brine-spring, in the salt-manufacturing district of Cheshire and neighbouring parts; plural the salt-making towns of these parts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of

wich716

saltern858

salt-housec1000

wich-work1298

salt-cotec1425

wich-house1534

walling-house1556

salt-works1566

marsh-work1587

saltfata1647

salt-makinga1647

salt-pan1708

brine-seeth1748

seal1756

rope-house1850

walling shed1894

saltery1899

716–17 in Birch Cartul. Sax. I. 203 Aliquam agelli partem in qua sal confici solet ad meridianam plagam fluminis quod dicunt Saluuerpe, in loco qui dicitur Lootwic et Coolbeorg.

1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 268/1 [Phillimore: Cheshire (Salt works) S3. 1] In eodem Mildestvic hvndredo erat tercium wich quod uocatur Norvvich... Ipsæ leges & consuetudines erant ibi quæ erant in aliis Wichis... Cætera omnia in his Wichis sunt similia.a1200 Charter in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 203 Wich... Unam portionem mansionis in Wico emptorio salis quem nos Saltwich vocamus.c1250 M. Paris Chron. Majora ann. 1245 (Rolls) IV. 486 Rex insuper puteos fecerat salinarum de Witz obturari et everti.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. vii. 415 In Chaonia there be certaine springs of saltish water, which the people of that country doe boile, and when it is cooled againe, it turneth into salt. margin, This is the order of salt with us in our Wiches here in England.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 607 These are verie famous Salt-wiches [Camden salinæ],..where brine or salt water is drawne out of pittes.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 608 The Britans call it Hellath wen, that is, The white Wich or Salt pitte.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 45 But that which vext her most, was, that..th' Wyches for their Salts such state on them should take.1613 A. Standish New Direct. 15 In Cheshire neere vnto the Wietches (where Salt is made..).1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 2 At Namptwich they have one Pit within the Town, and two without,..the Bryne being..of a weaker kind than those of the other Wyches.1810 D. Lysons & S. Lysons Magna Brit. II. 699. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin 88 There lies the region of salt-mines, and of the wyches or brine springs which began to flow long before Henry III stopped the works at Nantwich.

Compounds

wich-house n. (wych-house) a building in which brine is evaporated for making salt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of

wich716

saltern858

salt-housec1000

wich-work1298

salt-cotec1425

wich-house1534

walling-house1556

salt-works1566

marsh-work1587

saltfata1647

salt-makinga1647

salt-pan1708

brine-seeth1748

seal1756

rope-house1850

walling shed1894

saltery1899

1534 Ancient Deeds C. 7583 (P.R.O.) Rauff Maynwaryng of Mydlewiche sendeth gretyng..that where Richard Leftwiche the younger and Margret his wyff have giffen..all their meses wiche houses landes..to Richard Maynwaryng [etc.].

1559 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) (Chetham Soc.) 125 My hole estate of halffe a wyche house in the Northewyche w^tin the countye of Chester.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 608 Troughes..by which it [sc. brine] is carried into the wich houses.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 35 The houses in which the salt works are carried on are called also wich houses.

1818 J. W. Platt Hist. Nantwich 78 Earl Edwin had a wych-house upon his estate at Aughton.

wich-man n. a man employed in salt-making.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > salt-worker

weller1440

salt-maker1483

saliner1543

waller1600

salter1606

saltweller1624

wich-waller1670

salt-worker1680

brine-manc1682

brinerc1682

wich-man1688

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 161/2 A Salter, or Salt-Man, or Wich-Man.

wich-waller n. a salt-boiler.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > salt-worker

weller1440

salt-maker1483

saliner1543

waller1600

salter1606

saltweller1624

wich-waller1670

salt-worker1680

brine-manc1682

brinerc1682

wich-man1688

1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 208 To scold like a wych-waller.

† wich-work n. Obsolete = wich-house.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of

wich716

saltern858

salt-housec1000

wich-work1298

salt-cotec1425

wich-house1534

walling-house1556

salt-works1566

marsh-work1587

saltfata1647

salt-makinga1647

salt-pan1708

brine-seeth1748

seal1756

rope-house1850

walling shed1894

saltery1899

1298 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) I. xix. 456 [The saltern in which the brine was evaporated is called a] wychwerke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wich
释义	wichwychn. Brit. /wɪtʃ/, U.S. /wɪtʃ/ Forms: Also 1600s wietch. Etymology: apparently a differentiated variant of wick n.²; compare ditch and dike (Old English díc), lich and lyke (Old English líc). The original meaning may have been the group of buildings connected with a salt-pit. The chief names of salt-making towns in which the word occurs are Droitwich (formerly Wich) in Worcestershire, Middlewich, Nantwich, and Northwich in Cheshire. N.E.D. (1924) gives the pronunciation as (witʃ, locally wəitʃ) /wɪtʃ/, locally /waɪtʃ/. local. A salt-works, salt-pit, or brine-spring, in the salt-manufacturing district of Cheshire and neighbouring parts; plural the salt-making towns of these parts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of wich716 saltern858 salt-housec1000 wich-work1298 salt-cotec1425 wich-house1534 walling-house1556 salt-works1566 marsh-work1587 saltfata1647 salt-makinga1647 salt-pan1708 brine-seeth1748 seal1756 rope-house1850 walling shed1894 saltery1899 716–17 in Birch Cartul. Sax. I. 203 Aliquam agelli partem in qua sal confici solet ad meridianam plagam fluminis quod dicunt Saluuerpe, in loco qui dicitur Lootwic et Coolbeorg. 1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 268/1 [Phillimore: Cheshire (Salt works) S3. 1] In eodem Mildestvic hvndredo erat tercium wich quod uocatur Norvvich... Ipsæ leges & consuetudines erant ibi quæ erant in aliis Wichis... Cætera omnia in his Wichis sunt similia.a1200 Charter in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 203 Wich... Unam portionem mansionis in Wico emptorio salis quem nos Saltwich vocamus.c1250 M. Paris Chron. Majora ann. 1245 (Rolls) IV. 486 Rex insuper puteos fecerat salinarum de Witz obturari et everti.1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxi. vii. 415 In Chaonia there be certaine springs of saltish water, which the people of that country doe boile, and when it is cooled againe, it turneth into salt. margin, This is the order of salt with us in our Wiches here in England.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 607 These are verie famous Salt-wiches [Camden salinæ],..where brine or salt water is drawne out of pittes.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 608 The Britans call it Hellath wen, that is, The white Wich or Salt pitte.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 45 But that which vext her most, was, that..th' Wyches for their Salts such state on them should take.1613 A. Standish New Direct. 15 In Cheshire neere vnto the Wietches (where Salt is made..).1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 2 At Namptwich they have one Pit within the Town, and two without,..the Bryne being..of a weaker kind than those of the other Wyches.1810 D. Lysons & S. Lysons Magna Brit. II. 699. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin 88 There lies the region of salt-mines, and of the wyches or brine springs which began to flow long before Henry III stopped the works at Nantwich. Compounds wich-house n. (wych-house) a building in which brine is evaporated for making salt. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of wich716 saltern858 salt-housec1000 wich-work1298 salt-cotec1425 wich-house1534 walling-house1556 salt-works1566 marsh-work1587 saltfata1647 salt-makinga1647 salt-pan1708 brine-seeth1748 seal1756 rope-house1850 walling shed1894 saltery1899 1534 Ancient Deeds C. 7583 (P.R.O.) Rauff Maynwaryng of Mydlewiche sendeth gretyng..that where Richard Leftwiche the younger and Margret his wyff have giffen..all their meses wiche houses landes..to Richard Maynwaryng [etc.]. 1559 in Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) (Chetham Soc.) 125 My hole estate of halffe a wyche house in the Northewyche w^tin the countye of Chester. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 608 Troughes..by which it [sc. brine] is carried into the wich houses. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 35 The houses in which the salt works are carried on are called also wich houses. 1818 J. W. Platt Hist. Nantwich 78 Earl Edwin had a wych-house upon his estate at Aughton. wich-man n. a man employed in salt-making. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > salt-worker weller1440 salt-maker1483 saliner1543 waller1600 salter1606 saltweller1624 wich-waller1670 salt-worker1680 brine-manc1682 brinerc1682 wich-man1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 161/2 A Salter, or Salt-Man, or Wich-Man. wich-waller n. a salt-boiler. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > salt-worker weller1440 salt-maker1483 saliner1543 waller1600 salter1606 saltweller1624 wich-waller1670 salt-worker1680 brine-manc1682 brinerc1682 wich-man1688 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 208 To scold like a wych-waller. † wich-work n. Obsolete = wich-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > place of wich716 saltern858 salt-housec1000 wich-work1298 salt-cotec1425 wich-house1534 walling-house1556 salt-works1566 marsh-work1587 saltfata1647 salt-makinga1647 salt-pan1708 brine-seeth1748 seal1756 rope-house1850 walling shed1894 saltery1899 1298 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (1866) (modernized text) I. xix. 456 [The saltern in which the brine was evaporated is called a] wychwerke. 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