4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wicker \Wick"er\, n. [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. w[imac]can 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wicker \Wick"er\, a. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. [1913 Webster] Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrail['e]d curiously. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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: {wickerwork}, {caning}]
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