About The Word Wicker
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Wicker
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What's The Definition Of Wicker?
[n] work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
[n] slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork Synonyms | Synonyms for Wicker: caning | wickerwork Related Terms | Find terms related to Wicker: See Also | piece of work | wood | work Wicker In Webster's Dictionary \Wick"er\, n. [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to
AS. w[=i]can to give way. Cf. {Weak}.]
1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork
and the like; a withe.
2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
Then quick did dress His half milk up for cheese,
and in a press Of wicker pressed it. --Chapman.
3. Same as 1st {Wike}. [Prov. Eng.]
\Wick"er\, a. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrail['e]d curiously. --Spenser. |
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