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Wicked.

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• WICKER
  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
• WICKEDLY
  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. I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. 2 Sam. xxiv. 17.
• WICK; WICH
  A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. (more info) of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vik an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, 1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise
• WICKET
  The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working. Raymond. Wicket door, Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1, above. Bunyan. -- Wicket keeper , the player who stands behind the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to
• WICKED
  Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp.
• WICKERED
  Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork. Ships of light timber, wickered with osier between, and covered over with leather. Milton.
• WICKERWORK
  A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
• WICKIUP WICKYUP
  Vars of Wikiup.
• WICKEDNESS
  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. God saw that the wickedness of man was great. Gen. vi. 5. Their inward part is very
• WICK
  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
• WICKEN TREE
  See TREE
• WICKING
  the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
• WICKE
  Wicked. Piers Plowman. "With full wikke intent." Chaucer.
• BRUNSWICK GREEN
  An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.
• BAILIWICK
  The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.
• BRUNSWICK BLACK
  See BLACK
• BAILIFFWICK
  See BAILIWICK
• WICLIFITE; WICKLIFFITE
  See WYCLIFITE
• KICKSY-WICKSY; KICKY-WISKY
  That which is restless and uneasy. Note: 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.
• WARWICKITE
  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.
• SHERIFFALTY; SHERIFFDOM; SHERIFFRY; SHERIFFSHIP; SHERIFFWICK
  The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty. (more info) Sher"iff*wick, n.