wickn.1
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ 1.
a. The bundle of fibre, now usually loosely twisted or woven cotton (formerly rushes, tow, flax, etc.) in a lamp, candle, or taper (formerly also in a torch), immersed or enclosed except at one end in the oil or grease, which it absorbs and draws up on being kindled at the free end, so as to maintain the flame.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town, village, or collection of dwellings > [noun]
thorpc725
homeeOE
byc950
castlec1000
wickc1000
streeta1325
placec1390
plecka1576
bourgade1601
township1602
townreda1613
ville1837
vicus1842
ham1864
stad1896
society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > wick
wickc1000
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick
flaxc975
candle-wickc1000
wickc1000
matcha1398
torch-wick1444
the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > wick
wickc1000
lamp-wick1845
α.
β. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 205 As þe wicke and þe warme fuyr wol make a fayr flamme.c1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 99 Licinum,..mecche uel wyk.1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 200 The wycke or twyste of hempe.1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. G8 As for the wikes within them [sc. the candles], they are of hurds, rope ends, & such other good stuffe.1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 164 The little wick of life's poor shallow lamp.1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 316 The candle or lamp used with the blow-pipe should have a thick wick, which should be snuffed clean.1840 W. M. Thackeray Catherine iii The candles were burning dim, with great long wicks.1903 K. C. Thurston Circle i. xv She..raised the wick of the lamp.c1000 in Techmer's Internat. Zeitschrift (1885) II. 126 Wæt mid þinum scytefingre on midden, swylce þu weocan settan wylle.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 47 On ure helendes lichame wiðuten sene, þe holie saule wiðinne unsene, and te michele wisdom on eiðer: Alse wex on þe candele sene, þe wueke wiðinnen unsene, and þe fur on boðe.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 204 As wex and a weke were twyned togideres.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xx. 178 Of a torche Þe blase beo blowen out ȝut brenneþ þe weke.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 520/2 Weyke, of a candel, lichinius.
c1450 J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (1484) lxxxii. M ij b The waxe bytokeneth his manhede, The weke [MS. Ashm. 39 wyke] his sowle, the fyre his godhede.
c1485 Digby Myst. i. 490 In yone tapir therbe thing iije, wax, week and light.
1513 Inventory in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/4) f. 39 Item in torche weke and taper weke iiijxx v lb.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Riv/2 Ye Weak of a candle, lichnus.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X8 When the oyle is spent, The light goes out, and weeke is throwne away.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. vii. 99 In candles of tallow or waxe, if the wike be great, it melts the tallow or the waxe.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §370 Triall was..made of seuerall Wiekes; As of Ordinary Cotton; Sowing Thred.
a1691 R. Boyle Gen. Hist. Air (1692) 247 The Smoak that issues out of the Weik of a Candle newly blown out.
1707 N. Blundell Diary (1895) 54 Mr. Plumb tryed his Lamp with two Weaks.
a1728 J. Woodward Attempt Nat. Hist. Fossils Eng. (1729) i. 76 A small Piece of [English talc]..serves very well for a Wiek to a Lamp.
1875 Lanc. Gloss. Week..the wick of a candle or lamp.
b. Collectively, without article, as the name of a substance: = wicking n.
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > wick > material for making
flaxc975
wick1391
wicking1847
1391 Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 67 Clerico speciarie..pro wyke per ipsum empto..pro torches faciendis..xxxj s.
1404 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 395 vj libri de weke pro torgis.
1529 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 6 That thai mak thair candill..of gud and sufficient stuff baith weyk and tallone.
1571 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1905) 76 The Channdelrs..doo mak their candels wth grat torch weack and yll tallowe.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 96 + 2 There liues within the very flame of loue A kind of weeke or snufe that will abate it.
1883 Cent. Mag. Feb. 585/2 He carried too much wick for his candle.
c. Used as a tent or dressing in surgery. (Cf. German wieke, etc.)
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for treating wound or ulcer > [noun] > plug, pad, or swab
pillowa1400
plumaciola1400
tentc1400
pulvillus?a1425
pledget?1540
spledget1563
penicillus1575
dossil1585
splint1607
plager1656
penicil1657
sindon1657
wick1658
pad1767
tampon1848
tangle-tent1879
Gamgee pad1885
plombe1904
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. iii. 9 Some..take grosse strong weeks, and thrust them to the bottom of the wounds.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vii. 27 Of the abuses which are committed with wicks, tents, lints, mullipuffs, &c.
1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 Jan. 72 A..glass drainage tube was placed in the pelvis, another in the right loin..and gauze wicks were placed in the tubes.
d. In figurative phrase to turn the wick up (or down), to open (or close) the throttle of an engine; to accelerate (or decelerate). colloquial.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > accelerate or decelerate
accelerate1902
to open up1903
to open out1906
to step on the gas1916
to step on it (her)1923
to turn the wick up (or down)1948
to hit the floorboard1971
1948 N.Y. World-Telegram 30 Dec. 11/8 The pilot, coming in, doesn't chop the throttle. The jet pilot ‘turns down the wick’.
1965 R. Priestley & T. H. Wisdom Good Driving iii. 28 The gas pedal can be likened to the wick of an oil lamp. Turn it up and you get more light... Indeed it is a simile much used by motor cyclists who talk of ‘turning the wick up’ as a more graphic and descriptive way of saying ‘I accelerated’.
2.
a. to get on (one's) wick: to irritate or annoy (a person); to exasperate; to get on one's nerves (nerve n. Phrases 4). colloquial.It is sometimes suggested that both this and the next sense derive from (Hampton) Wick, rhyming slang for prick n. 12. See Partridge and wick n.2 2.
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1945 Penguin New Writing 26 56 Parades and bullshit get on his wick.
1958 K. Amis I like it Here 32 But I wish he wouldn't think he'd got the right to knock the English. That's what really gets on my wick.
1961 ‘B. Wells’ Day Earth caught Fire iv. 54 ‘Strewth, these licensing laws get on your wick, don't they,’ they grumbled.
1977 K. Benton Red Hen Conspiracy iii. 22 The way you talk about Pat gets on my wick.
1984 B. Francis AA Car Duffer's Guide 6/2 Gets on my wick, she do.
b. to dip (one's) wick: of a man, to engage in sexual intercourse. slang.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse > specifically of a man
to hit the master-vein1592
possess1592
to get one's leg over1599
roger1763
to have one's way with1884
to dip (one's) wick1958
to lay pipe1967
1958 J. Carew Black Midas vi. 96 ‘Come on!’ Santos bellowed. ‘If every time you dip your wick you going to fall in love, then God help you!’ Belle jumped out of bed and pulled on her dress.
1969 D. Niland Dead Men Running iv. 159 When you're starved for a woman dip your wick, and the starvation's gone.
1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 111 Di asked, ‘You don't feel like a bit of a bunk-up this evening, Stubby, by any chance?’ ‘A bit of what?’ ‘Dipping your wick, man!’
1981 R. Barnard Sheer Torture xiii. 137 None of your barmaids or local peasant wenches for Pete. He's very calculating where he dips his wick.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations, as wick-holder, wick-screw, wick-spout, wick-trimmer, wick-yarn.
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1498 in G. W. Kitchin Compotus Rolls St. Swithun's, Winchester (1892) 388 In xij lb. Wekeyorne,..iij s.
1756 W. Owen's Bk. Fairs (1788) 54 Bridgenorth..horned cattle, horses, sheep, hops, cheese, wick-yarn.
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 175/2 A sudden blaze as if the wick-screw had been raised a turn.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 304/1 A cap..fits over the wick-holder.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Wick-trimmer, a shears for trimming wicks.
1911 J. Ward Rom. Era Brit. xii. 210 The typical Roman lamp..has..a covered wick-spout or nozzle (nasus, rostrum).
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wickn.2
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ Now only local.† 1. An abode, dwelling, dwelling-place (in general). Obsolete.1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. xxii. 866 The rest abandoned the warre, and slipt..into their owne wickes and villages.1885 E. Law Hampton Court 12 (note) As a popular equivalent for the word village, the expressions ‘going to the Wick’ [i.e. Hampton Wick], and ‘living at the Wick’, being constantly heard among the older inhabitants.] † 4. An enclosed piece of ground, a close. local.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun]
resteOE
worthineeOE
settlea900
wickc900
houseOE
erdinga1000
teld-stedec1000
wonningc1000
innOE
bewistc1200
setnessc1200
wanea1225
i-holda1250
wonec1275
wunselec1275
wonning-place1303
bigginga1325
wonning-stede1338
tabernaclea1340
siegec1374
dwelling-placec1380
lodgingc1380
seea1382
tabernaclea1382
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
arresta1400
bowerc1400
wonning-wanec1400
lengingc1420
tenementc1425
tentc1430
abiding placea1450
mansion place1473
domicile1477
lendingc1480
inhabitance1482
biding-place?1520
seat1535
abode1549
remainingc1550
soil1555
household1585
mansion-seata1586
residing1587
habitance1590
fixation1614
situation?1615
commoratorya1641
haft1785
location1795
fanea1839
inhabitancy1853
habitat1854
occupancy1864
nivas1914
downsetting1927
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > [noun]
earneOE
wickc900
bottleeOE
innOE
boldOE
wonningc1000
wanea1225
wonea1250
bidea1300
dwelling1340
habitaculec1374
habitaclec1384
habitationc1384
mansionc1385
placea1387
manantie?a1400
dungeonc1460
longhousec1460
folda1500
residencea1522
abode1549
bield1570
lodgement1598
bidinga1600
sit-house1743
location1795
wigwam1817
address1855
yard1865
res1882
nivas1914
multifamily1952
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. iii Þa gelomp sume dæge, þæt he wæs in þæm foresprecenan wicum mid ane breðer wuniende, þæs noma wæs Owine.
OE Beowulf 1125 Gewiton him ða wigend wica neosian.
OE Genesis 1812 Ðær ræsbora þrage siððan wicum wunode and wilna breac.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8512 Iosæp..bærenn ure laferrd crist..Fra land to land. fra tun to tun. Fra wic to wic i tune.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 604 Ich can loki monne wike & mine wike beoþ wel gode.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3882 In-to France he wende & sette his wike.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2090 Asie to sem, to cham affrik, To Iaphet europ, þat wil-ful wike.
c1300 Harrow. Hell 177 Louerd god, ȝef vs leue,..To faren of þis loþe wyke To þe blisse of heueneryke.
2. A town, village, or hamlet. Obsolete or dialect. (Survives as an element of place-names in both forms, -wich and -wick, the local distribution of which presents difficulties.)
ΚΠ
971 Blickl. Hom. 77 He cwæþ: ‘Gaþ on þa wic þe beforan inc stondeð.’
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) viii. 23 & þa æthran he þæs blindan hand & lædde hine butan þa wic.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15954 His biweddede wif weore on þere ilke wike.
c1350 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 93 The toun Off Cauntyrbery, that noble wyke.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7917 Þar was wonand wit-in a wike, Tua men, a pouer and a rike.
3. A farm; spec. a dairy farm. Now local.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > [noun]
townOE
wick1086
farm1414
gainery1424
farmhold1471
room?a1513
farm place1526
colony1566
labouring1604
podere1605
fund1694
location1813
bowery1842
ranch1865
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > [noun] > dairy-farm
wick1086
vacherya1325
vaccary1471
dairy1562
dairy-farm1784
milk farm1794
saeter1799
vaccarage1895
1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 58v/1 [Phillimore: Berks. 5. 1] Wica de x pensis caseorum, ualentes xxxii solidos & iiii denarios.
1467–8 Rolls of Parl. V. 585/1 A dayery, otherwise called a Wyk, called Dangebrigge.
1594 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Essex (Camden) 8 In Tendring hundred wher are manie wickes or dayries.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 171 In diuers countries, Dayrie houses or cottages, wherein they make butter and cheese, are vsually called Wickes.
1607 W. Camden Brit. (rev. ed.) 318 Caseos ouillos conficere in casearijs illis tuguriolis quæ ibi [i.e. in Essex] Wiches [sic] vocant, vidimus.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 5 A fearme in the North parts is called a Tacke, in Lancashire a Fermeholt, in Essex a Wike.
1641 Surv. Plesheybury Manor, Essex f. a v (MS.) Berwick quasi Berrywick, for it is supposed that auntiently it was a dairy wick or ferme to High Ester Bury.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Ooo2 Wica, a Country House or Farm, of which many a one is now call'd the Wike, and the Wick.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Wick... A few instances may be produced in which it means a farm. There is one at a short distance from the town of Watton, commonly called Watton-wick, but by the inhabitants, simply the Wick.
1879 R. Jefferies Wild Life 126 Wick Farm—almost every village has its outlying wick—stands alone in the fields.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > an enclosed space or place > an enclosed piece of ground
hawc825
towneOE
purprisea1275
hainc1275
wick1301
cerne1393
firmancea1522
haining1535
haya1640
pena1640
park1658
1301 Rolls of Parl. I. 259/2 Apud Lex[eden] in Wyka que vocatur Arnodynes Wyk.
?a1461 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 55 Ȝe have yn Bysschopyston the iij part of a close callyd Bondmannys Wyke, and yn on othere callyd Hanketes Wyke.
1631 Terrier of Masworth Rectory (MS.) A close of pasture ground called ye Parsonidge Wick.
1635 Survey of Masworth Parish (MS.) The close called Three Wicks.
1680 Terrier of Masworth Vicarage (MS.) One other close or wick..called Blockwicks..a wick called Pound Wick.
1811 Masworth Parish Enclosure Award (MS.) An old enclosure called Meadow Wick.
Compounds
wick-master n. ? a mayor or burgomaster.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor
borough-reevec1000
portreeveOE
sovereigna1325
mayorc1325
Lord Mayor1414
wick-master1587
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1337/2 Behind them went the bodie of the citie, that is to wit, the wickemasters, the wardens, the ancient magistrate, the masters of the wardes, the boroughmasters, [etc.].
wic-reeve n. modernization of Old English wícgerefa, a town-reeve.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property
town-reeveeOE
reeveeOE
gravec1175
procuratorc1300
dispender1340
provost1340
bailiec1375
officerc1375
dispenserc1380
proctora1382
dispensator1382
farmerc1384
approverc1386
husbanda1387
stewardc1405
chamberlain1423
procurer1477
factor1520
bailiff1528
land-steward1535
improver1536
grieve1537
amtman1582
administrator1596
stead-man1609
dapifer1636
vogt1694
house jobber1709
commissioner1760
foreman1774
house agent1793
ground-officer1815
land-agent1846
wic-reeve1853
steadward1876
house farmer1882
house-knacker1884
land-sergeant1894
1853 J. Stevenson tr. Ch. Historians Eng. I. 233 Beornulf, wic-reeve of Winchester.
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wickwiken.3
Now only dialect.
1. A corner of the mouth or eye.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > corner of eye
wickc1400
lacrimal?a1425
canthus1646
commissure1677
tail of the eye1805
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > corner of
wickc1400
wicking1604
commissure1677
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1572 Þe froþe femed at his mouth vnfayre bi þe wykez [MS reads wykeȝ].
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 1690 Faxe fyltered, & felt flosed hym vmbe, Þat schad fro his schulderes to his schyre wykes.
1483 Cath. Angl. 417/2 A Wyke of ye eghe.., hirquus.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Kiii/2 Ye Wike of the eye, hirquus.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 82 To make some expert Horse farrier, to slit vp the weekes of your Horses mouth, equallie on both sides..with a sharpe raysor.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 16 A greate parte of theire meate, whiles that they are chewinge of it, workes forth of the wykes of theire mouthe.
a1693 M. Bruce Soul-confirmation (1709) 18 We will let them ken that we will hing by the wicks of the Mouth, for the least point of Truth.
c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses viii. 128 If the Bit be too long or too short, it will injure the Horse's Mouth, and cut his Weeks.
c1730 A. Ramsay Fables xviii. 14 To weed out ilka sable hair..Frae crown of head to weeks of mouth.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Wikes or Wikers (of the mouth), corners of the mouth.
1818 J. Hogg Brownie of Bodsbeck II. 259 [He] now and then cast a sly look-out at the wick of his eye.
2. In full wick-tooth: see quot. 1726.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > types or spec. teeth > [noun] > canine
seizera1425
eyetooth1530
dog-tooth1552
griper1600
canine tooth1607
holder1672
twang1677
peg tooth1681
wick1726
fanger1763
canine1835
cuspid1878
pin tooth1886
stomach-tooth1890
1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 171 The Two inferior [Canini] are named angular or Wike-teeth, because they support the Angles of the Mouth.
1759 H. Walpole Let. to Earl of Strafford 13 Sept. This noble summer is not yet over with us—it seems to have cut a colt's week [cf. colt n.1 8b].
Derivatives
ˈwicking n. (also wyking) corner of the mouth.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [noun] > lip or lips > corner of
wickc1400
wicking1604
commissure1677
1604 Mem. in Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. III. 445/2 Her eyes stod in the wykinges of her mouth.
1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. Weekin, s., the corner of the mouth.
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wickn.4
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/, Scottish English /wɪk/ Scottish and dialect.
A creek, inlet, or small bay.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [noun] > inlet in river or sea > in sea
fleetc893
pillOE
arm of the seaOE
sounda1300
lougha1387
bracec1400
lough1423
firthc1425
loch1427
resort1477
estuarya1552
inshot1555
mere1574
portlet1577
fret1587
frith1600
sea-gate1605
creek1625
sea-lochc1645
wick1664
fjord1674
voea1688
backwater1867
strait gulf1867
ocean-arm1871
ria1887
fjard1904
geo1934
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 326 From hence the Tamis goeth to Green-wich, that is, the Green Creeke, for the creeke of a river in the old English tongue was called Wic, a place in times past famous for the Danish Fleet that lay there often at Rode.]
1664–5 Patent Roll 16 Chas. II, Pt. 8 (MS.) (Charter of the Royal Fishing Company) The greate Plentie of Fish wherewith the Seas Estuaries or Inletts Creekes Armes of the Sea Publick Rivers Weekes and Lakes of Our Dominions..doe abound.
1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 417/1 We have as many [herrings] come into our wike as would fill 300 barrels.
1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vi. 142 By beach and by cave,—..By air and by wick.
1846 W. E. Brockett J. T. Brockett's Gloss. North Country Words (ed. 3) Wik, Wyck, or Wyke, a crook or corner, as in a river or the sea shore.
1878 R. Dick Geol. & Bot. viii. 85 Between this and Rough Head is a wick or bay.
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wickn.5
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/, Scottish English /wɪk/ Scottish. Curling and Bowls.
1. An act of wicking: see wick v.2, and cf. inwick n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > types of shot or delivery
inring1789
outwick1805
inwick1820
wick1823
witter shot1823
outring1824
inturn1890
out-turn1890
stug1897
draw1902
draw shot1902
in-curl1903
out-curl1903
long slide1936
slide1950
peel1984
1823 J. Kennedy Poems 29 in Eng. Dial. Dict.
1842 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) II. 539/1 A player stepping aside to take a brittle (or wick), or other shot, shall forfeit his stone for that end.
2. = port n.3 4b.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > passage remaining open
port1789
wick1824
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.
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wickn.6
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ ? dialect.
Wicker; a wicker basket or creel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun]
teanela700
windlec725
spertc975
kipec1000
leapc1000
willyc1000
basketa1300
coopa1300
hoppera1300
ripc1300
skepc1340
coffinc1380
criba1387
skippetc1450
corfc1483
wisket1542
prickle1543
cleave1577
serpet1615
wicker1646
bascaud1647
shapeta1657
fender1682
canister1697
kist1724
calathus1753
voider1788
wick1802
skip1816
maeshie1822
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Calote Calotes are usually made of iron, wick, or dressed leather.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 102 A captive fish still fills the anxious eyes, And willow-wicks lie ready for the prize.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
wickadj.1
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ Obsolete exc. dialect.1901 H. Sutcliffe Mistress Barbara Cunliffe i She's just her maister ower again—same wick' look o' th' devil about her.† 3. † b. In abstract sense: Evil, ill; wickedness.† 4. as adv. = wicked adv.. Obsolete.
1. = wicked adj.1 1a, 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adjective]
woughc888
litherc893
frakeda900
sinnyc950
unrighteouseOE
baleOE
manOE
unfeleOE
ungoodc1000
unwrasta1122
illc1175
nithec1175
wickc1175
hinderfulc1200
quedec1275
wickedc1275
wondlichc1275
unkindc1325
badc1330
divers1340
wrakefula1350
felonousc1374
flagitiousc1384
lewdc1386
noughta1387
ungoodly1390
unquertc1390
diverse1393
felona1400
imperfectc1400
unfairc1400
unfinec1400
unblesseda1425
meschant?c1450
naughtyc1460
feculent1471
sinister1474
noughty?1490
ill-deedya1500
pernicious?1533
scelerous1534
naught1536
goodlyc1560
nefarious1567
iron1574
felly1583
paganish1587
improbate1596
malefactious1607
villain1607
infand1608
scelestious1609
illful1613
scelestic1628
inimicitious1641
infandous1645
iniquous1655
improbous1657
malefactory1667
perta1704
iniquitous1726
unracy1782
unredeemed1799
demoralized1800
fetid1805
scarlet1820
gammy1832
nefast1849
disvaluable1942
badass1955
bad-assed1962
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adjective]
theowlikec1175
wickc1175
wretcha1200
lechera1300
vilea1300
feeblea1325
brothely1330
caitiffa1400
roinousa1425
basec1450
harlotry1486
filthy1533
brockish1546
vild1568
tinkerly?1576
scabbed?1577
miscreant1593
unnoble1593
slavish1597
rascally1600
roguish1601
sordidous1602
facinoriousa1616
scullion1658
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
scoundrel1681
scabby1712
verminating1720
small1824
low-down1865
verminiferous1895
ragtime1917
ribby1936
raunchy1937
scungy1966
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective]
litherc893
unledeeOE
evil971
missOE
murkOE
unrighteousOE
unseelyOE
un-i-seliOE
unselec1050
wickc1175
foul-itowenc1225
unwrast?c1225
un-i-felec1275
wickedc1275
wrakefula1350
felonousc1374
unquertc1390
unperfect1395
felona1400
wanc1440
meschant?c1450
sinnyc1475
unselc1480
poison?1527
pernicious?1533
scelerous1534
viperous?1548
improbate1596
scelestious1609
scelestic1628
spider-like1655
dark-hearted1656
demonic1796
nineteda1798
sinful1863
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6185 Ȝiff þatt iss þatt ȝho iss all. Wittlæs. & wac. & wicke.
c1220 Bestiary 593 He speken god~cunhede, and wikke is here dede.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 203/119 Þe feondes luþere and wicke.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 28 Thair wike dedes.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 51 Sin and wik dedis.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋355 (Egerton 2726) The fende seith I woll chace and pursue man by wyk suggestion.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 2777 Þe foule feluns wid wic entent.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxi. 261 Was ther neuer man so wyk Bot he myght amende.
a1500 Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) sig. I j A..sowle synful and wycke Is also blacke as eny pycke.
2. † b. = wicked adj.1 2d; in quot. 1297, feeble, lacking in force. Also as the equivalent of a negative prefix = un- prefix1, dis- prefix (e.g. wiklose = dispraise). Obsolete.† c. = wicked adj.1 2f. Obsolete.
a. = wicked adj.1 1b, 1c, 2a.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious
litherc893
scathefulc900
orneOE
teenfulOE
atterlichc1050
evilc1175
wicka1250
scathela1300
deringa1325
unkindc1330
harmfula1340
ill1340
wicked1340
shrewdc1380
noisomea1382
venomed1382
noyfulc1384
damageousc1386
infectivea1398
unwholesomea1400
annoying?c1400
mischievous1414
damnablec1420
contagiousc1430
mischievable?a1439
damagefulc1449
damageable1474
unhappy1474
nuisable1483
nocible1490
nuisible1490
nuisant1494
noxiousa1500
nocent?c1500
hurtful1526
sinistral1534
nocive1538
offendent1547
offensivea1548
dangerous1548
naughtya1555
dispendious1557
offensible1575
wrackful1578
baneful1579
hindersome1580
scandalizing1593
damnifiable1604
taking1608
toadish1611
illful1613
nocivousc1616
mischieving1621
nocuous1627
obnoxious1638
nocumentous1644
vicious1656
nocumental1657
abnoxious1680
dungeonable1691
offending1694
hurtsomea1699
nociferous1706
sinister1726
damnific1727
hazardous1748
slaughtering1811
damaging1856
damnous1870
lethal1942
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 26 Of swati hattre oðer of wikke air [?c1225 Cleo. of þicke eir].
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27877 O glotori and o drunkenhede Fele wick branches se we sprede.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 537 Tricerberus þe helle-hound..Boþe wakrong & wikke.
a1350 St. Stephen 421 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Leg. (1881) 33 Þai raysed þe wynd with weders wik.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 946 For þilke ground þat bereth þe wedys wykke Bereth eke þese holsome herbes.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. met. i. 64 Hony is þe more swete yif mouþes han firste tastid sauoures þat ben wikke.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4721 In helle habbe he pynes wycke.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Gg. 4. 27) Dido. 1242 The wikke fame a-ros..How Enias hath with the queen I-gon.
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 229 Som wikke aspect or disposicioun Of Saturne.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 15306 That he be sclayn..That he no wyse passe quyk, For that were then to vs ful wik.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 15733 The fyght was sterne and wyk.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 973 Al the lond that thou hast goon aboute Fro cloudis wicke is saaf.
a1450 Le Morte Arth. 3365 Arthur of batayle neuyr blanne To dele woundys wykke and wyde.
1756 in Notes & Queries (1922) 12th Ser. XI. 390/2 For the warding off of all things whatsoever from the dead—be they imps, wraithspells, wick things & the like ket.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > abnormal or unnatural
wicked13..
innaturalc1400
monstruousc1425
wick?c1425
disnaturalc1430
monstrousa1464
unnatural1516
natureless1548
prodigious1569
non-natural1650
disnatured1764
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 16515 Iesu crist wel unnderrstod. All þeȝȝre wicke trowwþe.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 129 Nis he wicke [?c1225 Cleo. achanh; c1230 Corpus a cang] kniht þat seches reste iþe feht.
c1250 Hymn in Trin. Coll. Hom. App. 259 Wicke is here ure fare & ure wuniȝinge.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4228 Þe scolle [was so] hard & þikke, Þeruore, þei it ne come noȝt þoru, þe dunt nas noȝt wikke.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2457 With poure mete, and feble drink, And with swiþe wikke cloþes.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxvii. 33 And swa it bifalles þat þai out close þaim fra þaire wiklose þat ere proued in syluere [L. ut excludant eos, qui probati sunt argento].
c1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 153 My wonynge is wel wykke.
?c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Fortune 55 Wikke appetyt comth ay before sykenesse.
a1500 Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) sig. Q ijv As foly among wys~men is wyke Wysdome among folys is lyke.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)
wickc1330
riotous1340
wickeda1352
untreatablec1374
frowarda1400
inobedient1495
stubborn?1518
unwieldya1538
unruly1548
wieldlessa1560
hard1560
untoward1566
tickle1570
churlish1577
unwieldsome1579
rebellious1587
disobedient1588
unframeable1593
unwilling1593
untractable1601
unmanageable1606
intractable1607
surly1609
unwedgeablea1616
dogged1627
uncontrollable1648
obdurate1651
morose1652
uncompliant1659
sullen1678
unpliant1716
ungovernable1773
sulky1867
intractile1880
unwieldly1881
bunglesome1915
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 775 Morgan is wick to slo.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 938 Þanne wol he [sc. man]..wexe wilde of his wil & wikke to staunche.
a. = wicked n. a, b.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] > wicked person
warlockOE
shrewc1250
quedea1275
wick1297
felon1340
son of perditionc1384
nicec1400
pucka1450
sorrowc1450
improbe1484
wicked1484
naughtyc1580
stigmatic1597
thornback1599
stigmatist1607
naughta1639
dungeona1728
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 4650 So þat here nas noȝt bileued bote heþene & wikke.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 2752 It semes not to be þi will For þe wik þe dughti spill.
a1300 Cursor Mundi l. 8631 ‘Þou wik,’ sco said, ‘ai be þe waa, Qui has þou me bi-suiken sua?’
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 325 O werste of alle wicke..lo, what thou hast do!
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 177 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 34 Ger do þis wik away, and hed hym but mare delay.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 2432 Fro wycke vntil wors y nam.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 1074 Now is wykke I-turned vn-to worse.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 272 No wyght Wot ho is worthi for wele oþer for wicke.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 85 Lyk smal infauntys wych kun no wykke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]
foullyOE
ranklyOE
awly?c1225
wickc1330
deeplyc1384
cursedlyc1386
outrageouslya1387
wickeda1400
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
enormly1538
arrantly?1548
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
flagrantly1756
atrociously1765
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb]
wrothec888
litherlyc1050
foulOE
sinfullyc1175
quedelya1250
amissc1275
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
wickedly1303
wickc1330
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
wickeda1400
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
naughtly1575
unsela1583
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
queerly1699
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10004 For..ageyns þer lord do so wyk.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 882 Þan laid he on þe Sarsyns wykke.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 177 At my lykynge chese, To do wel oþer wikke.
Derivatives
wickdom n. wickedness, iniquity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
c1440 R. Glouc. Chron. (Rolls) 2390 Princes oueral..Speke him vuel & hated him vor is suikedom [MS. δ wyckedome].
c1440 R. Glouc. Chron. (Rolls) 4822, 7278.
† †wickhede n. Obsolete = wickdom n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
c1305 11,000 Virg. 34 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 66 To cheose þe ten maidenes wiþoute enie wikhede.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
wrothec888
unrighteouslyeOE
foullyOE
naughtlyOE
wrothlyc1200
litherlya1225
unwraste?c1225
illc1275
vilelyc1290
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
unwrastlyc1320
viciouslya1325
diverselyc1325
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
badlyc1405
foula1425
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
noughtily1528
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
illy1549
naught1549
bad1575
evilly1581
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
piggishly1756
iniquitously1796
pervertedly1804
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb]
wrothec888
litherlyc1050
foulOE
sinfullyc1175
quedelya1250
amissc1275
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
wickedly1303
wickc1330
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
wickeda1400
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
naughtly1575
unsela1583
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
queerly1699
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 124 Tresore wikly wonnen.
† †wickness n. Obsolete = wickdom n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]
woughc888
naughteOE
manOE
evilness1000
fakenOE
witherfulnessc1200
lithera1225
villainy?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
illa1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
iniquity13..
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickednessa1340
malicea1382
unequityc1384
lewdnessa1387
mischiefa1387
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
ungoodlihead1430
wickdomc1440
rudenessc1451
mauvasty1474
unkindliness1488
noughtinessa1500
perversenessa1500
illnessc1500
filthiness?1504
noisomeness1506
naughtiness?1529
noughtihoodc1540
inexcellence1590
improbity1593
flagition1598
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
pravity1620
meschantnessa1630
flagitiousness1692
flagitiosity1727
nefariousness1727
bale-fire1855
ill-conditionedness1866
iniquitousness1870
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]
woughc888
manOE
evilness1000
evilc1040
un-i-thora1200
witherfulnessc1200
mixshipc1225
quedeship?c1225
lithernessa1240
unwrastshipa1250
felonyc1290
shrewheadc1290
litherhead1297
wickedheada1300
wicknessa1300
follyc1300
shrewdom13..
wickhedec1305
shrewdheadc1315
shrewdnessc1315
unwrastnessc1315
wickc1330
wickednessa1340
quedehead1340
quedeness1340
lewdnessa1387
felona1400
wickedleka1400
wickedredea1400
badnessc1400
shrewdshipc1400
shrewnessc1425
wickdomc1440
noughtinessa1500
naughtiness?1529
sinfulness1530
noughtihoodc1540
meschancy1609
scelerateness1613
meschantnessa1630
nefariousness1727
devilness1853
a1300 E.E. Psalter v. 7 [6] Þou hated al þat wirkes wiknesse.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. v. 22 His wickenesses taken the vnpitouse.
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wickadj.2
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ English regional (northern).
= quick adj.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adjective]
swiftc888
swifta1050
currentc1300
quickc1300
hastivea1325
hastyc1330
ingnel1340
swiftyc1380
speedfula1387
fasta1400
swippingc1420
speedy1487
fleet1528
tite?a1540
scudding1545
flighty1552
suddenly1556
flight1581
feathered1587
Pegasean1590
wing-footed1591
swift-winged?1592
thought-swift-flying1595
wind-winged?1596
swallow-winged1597
Pegasarian1607
skelping1607
rapid1608
night-swifta1616
celerious1632
clipping1635
perniciousa1656
volatile1655
quick-foot1658
meteorous1667
windy1697
high-flying1710
fleet-footed1726
aliped1727
wickc1760
velocious1775
flight-performing1785
fast-going1800
fast-moving1802
meteor1803
wight-wapping1830
fleety1841
speeding1847
swiftening1848
two-forty1855
fire-swift1865
pennate1870
spinning1882
percursory1884
zippy1889
meteoric1895
pacy1906
presto1952
c1760 W. Hutton Dial. Storth & Arnside (c1900) 4 Was It whick, says Ta?
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. 103 Wor thor giants alive? Mary. Nay, nay,..they er net whick I racken.
1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. viii. 127 In th' Infirmary..there be good chaps there to a man, while he's wick, whate'er they may be about cutting him up at after.
1879– Eng. Dial. Dict. Whick.
1911 F. H. Burnett Secret Garden xi. 105 ‘It's as wick as you or me,’ he said;..Martha had told her that ‘wick’ meant ‘alive’ or ‘lively’.
1970 ‘J. Herriot’ If only they could Talk ix. 69 This 'oss is as wick as an eel.
1972 Observer 23 Apr. 23/4 Knott is, to use a Yorkshire expression, ‘wick’, but wick cricketers are rare these days.
1978 Lancashire Life Oct. 99/1 Granny Martha Mosscropp, approaching her century and as wick as a flea, had known in girlhood the enclosed life of Victorian Ramstwistle.
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† wickv.1
Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To take up one's abode; to encamp; to lodge, dwell.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [verb (intransitive)] > establish residence
wickc897
telda1325
buildc1340
nestlea1382
to take (up) one's inn (or inns)a1400
to hold (also keep, make, take, etc.) one's mansiona1425
to take one's lodgec1475
reside1490
inhabit1548
to settle one's rest1562
to sit down1579
to set up (or in) one's staff (of rest)1584
to set (up) one's rest1590
nest1591
to set down one's rest1591
roost1593
inherit1600
habituate1603
seat1612
to take up (one's) residencea1626
settle1627
pitch1629
fix1638
locate1652
to marry and settle1718
domesticate1768
domiciliate1815
to hang up one's hat1826
domicile1831
to stick one's stakes1872
homestead1877
to put down roots1882
to hang one's hat1904
localize1930
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)]
wickc897
lodge13..
telda1325
pitch1535
camp1611
to set downa1616
decamp1698
encamp1725
to camp out1748
outspan1801
tent1856
laager1879
tarpaulin1891
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care xli. 304 Ðu cans eal ðis westen, & wasð hwær we wician [L. castra ponere] magon.
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 99 Eallum us leofre ys wikian [L. hospitari] mid þe yrþlincge þonne mid þe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9033 Wikien ȝe scullen here.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 25232 Þat in þis wreche werld we wike.
b. transitive. To pitch (a tent).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)]
teldc725
slayc1000
to set upc1275
pitchc1325
allodgec1330
wickc1330
streeka1340
till1362
stretch1382
pick?a1400
tent1553
stenda1600
to strike up1755
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 12512 His pauilons, his penceles, þykke Nought fer fro þenne had þey don wyk.
Derivatives
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun]
harbourc1150
gesteningc1200
wickingc1275
guestinga1300
harbourya1300
harbergery1303
hostela1325
harbergagec1386
housinga1400
easement?a1425
lodging1454
hostryingec1470
harbourage1570
hospitage1611
accommodationa1616
commodation1725
lodgement1805
up-putting1815
hutmenta1857
up-put1866
mudhif1888
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15905 He..nom þer wickinge mid Alaine þan kinge.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15200 He underfeng Cadwadlan..and ȝaf him wickinge [c1300 Otho wikeninge] ȝeond Irlonde.
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wickv.2
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ Curling.
1. intransitive. = inwick v.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (intransitive)] > actions
roar1787
wick1811
outwick1830
port1831
rebut1831
to fill the ice1867
guard1878
slide1936
1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 10 Whether they have to draw, strike, wick, or enter a port, they will seldom deviate an inch from their aim.
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.
2. transitive. In to wick a bore, ‘to drive a stone dexterously through an opening between two guards’ (Jamieson). Cf. wick n.5
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1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 150 He was the king o' a' the Core, To guard, or draw, or wick a bore.
Derivatives
ˈwicking n.2
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1811 J. Ramsay Acct. Game Curling 9 It then becomes necessary..to strike another stone lying at the side, in an oblique direction. This is called wicking.
1831 in Blackwood's Mag. 30 970 Wicking—or In-ringing, the prettiest and most scientific point in the game by far..taking an inner angle off a side-shot, in such a manner as to change and direct the course of your stone upon the one to be projected—or else to effect the same, when the case permitted, by drawing off the said shot.
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wickv.3
/wɪk/, U.S. /wɪk/ 1. intransitive. Of a liquid: to migrate by capillary action, esp. through an absorbent textile. Frequently with up.
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1952 Amer. Dyestuff Reporter 41 68/2 A pair of Dacron trousers can be laundered with no loss of crease. However, if one wears them in the rain, every impinging raindrop wicks right through to the skin.
1979 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 21 May 66 A row of foam-glass blocks was placed around the base of the tanks to prevent ground moisture from ‘wicking up’ into the spun-glass insulation.
1992 New Scientist 15 Feb. 28/2 A drop of the blood or urine sample is placed at the top of the filter paper, and the bottom dipped in water. The water wicks up, reconstitutes the chemicals and delivers them to the sample.
2005 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Nov. c7 There are many new, high-tech fabrics on the market, like polypropylene, that will allow sweat to wick away from the skin.
2. transitive. Of a material, esp. a textile: to absorb or draw off (liquid) through capillary action. Also intransitive.
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1953 Textile Res. Jrnl. 23 539/2 The all-wool controls and the blends containing only 15% synthetic show high resistance to wetting and wick the slowest.
1965 New Scientist 11 Mar. 632/3 The maximum height which water can be ‘wicked’ is 60ft.
1979 Chem. Week 7 Feb. 25 They impart absorbency, wicking moisture away from the body.
1987 Footloose Apr. 39/1 The pile on the inside wicks moisture very quickly off the skin so keeping the wearer warm and dry.
2000 What Mountain Bike Winter 128/1 The Microsensor fabric wicks really well and stretches to fit whatever skull shape you have without affecting helmet fit.
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