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n. [ Bailie, bailiff + wick a village. ] (Law) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Japan black. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ G. Braunschweiger grün, first made at Brunswick, in Germany. ] An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Constable + wick a village ] The district to which a constable's power is limited. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of grunt (Haemulon melanurum) of warm Atlantic waters.
Syn. -- Haemulon melanurum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. That which is restless and uneasy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in “All's Well that Ends Well, ” ii. 3, 297. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. } The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. [ AS. wīc village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vīk an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. væge; of uncertain origin. ] A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned. [ 1913 Webster ]

But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wicked. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. “With full wikke intent.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. wicked, fr. wicke wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard, witch. See Witch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence, then, and evil go with thee along,
Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell,
Thou and thy wicked crew! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never, never, wicked man was wise. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. [ Obs. ] “Wicked dew.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pen looked uncommonly wicked. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust; unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane; vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous; flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See Iniquitous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a wicked manner; in a manner, or with motives and designs, contrary to the divine law or the law of morality; viciously; corruptly; immorally. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being wicked; departure from the rules of the divine or the moral law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; depravity; sinfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Gen. vi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their inward part is very wickedness. Ps. v. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll never care what wickedness I do,
If this man comes to good. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Quicken tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. wīcan to give way. Cf. Weak. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then quick did dress
His half milk up for cheese, and in a press
Of wicker pressed it. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Same as 1st Wike. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each one a little wicker basket had,
Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ships of light timber, wickered with osier between, and covered over with leather. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v&unr_;k a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman. “Heaven's wicket.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And so went to the high street, . . . and came to the great tower, but the gate and wicket was fast closed. Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wicket, often opened, knew the key. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Cricket) (a) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top. (b) The ground on which the wickets are set. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wicket door,
Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. Bunyan. --
Wicket keeper (Cricket), the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Wyclifite. [ 1913 Webster ]