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[syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wike \Wike\, n.
A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in
marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be
mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker. [Prov.
Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wicker \Wick"er\, n. [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to
AS. w[imac]can to give way. Cf. Weak.]
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1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork
and the like; a withe.
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2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
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Then quick did dress
His half milk up for cheese, and in a press
Of wicker pressed it. --Chapman.
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3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wicker \Wick"er\, a.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
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Each one a little wicker basket had,
Made of fine twigs, entrail['e]d curiously. --Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wicker
n 1: slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or
some canes); used for wickerwork
2: work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow
branches) [syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]