Word Meanings - WICKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Wicked. Piers Plowman. "With full wikke intent." Chaucer.
Related words: (words related to WICKE)
- INTENTIONALITY
The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge. - 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. - INTENTIONAL
Done by intention or design; intended; designed; as, the act was intentional, not accidental. - INTENTNESS
The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention. Extreme solicitude or intentness upon business. South. - INTENTLY
In an intent manner; as, the eyes intently fixed. Syn. -- Fixedly; steadfastly; earnestly; attentively; sedulously; diligently; eagerly. - INTENTIONALLY
In an intentional manner; with intention; by design; of purpose. - 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 - INTENT
1. Closely directed; strictly attentive; bent; -- said of the mind, thoughts, etc.; as, a mind intent on self-improvement. 2. Having the mind closely directed to or bent on an object; sedulous; eager in pursuit of an object; -- formerly with to, - WICKED
Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp. - INTENTION
Any mental apprehension of an object. First intention , a conception of a thing formed by the first or direct application of the mind to the individual object; an idea or image; as, man, stone. -- Second intention , a conception generalized from - 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. - PLOWMAN; PLOUGHMAN
1. One who plows, or who holds and guides a plow; hence, a husbandman. Chaucer. Macaulay. 2. A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer. Plowman's spikenard , a European composite weed , having fragrant roots. Dr. Prior. - WICKERWORK
A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture. - WICKIUP WICKYUP
Vars of Wikiup. - INTENTIVELY
Attentively; closely. "Intentively to observe." Holland. - 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 - 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 - WELL-INTENTIONED
Having upright intentions or honorable purposes. Dutchmen who had sold themselves to France, as the wellintentioned party. Macaulay. - BAILIFFWICK
See BAILIWICK - WICLIFITE; WICKLIFFITE
See WYCLIFITE