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- English Word Wicker Definition Same as 1st Wike.
- English Word Wicker Definition Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
- English Word Wickered Definition Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork.
- English Word Wickerwork Definition A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.
- English Word Wicket Definition A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.
- English Word Wicket Definition A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
- English Word Wicket Definition A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.
- English Word Wicket Definition The ground on which the wickets are set.
- English Word Wicket Definition A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc.
- English Word Wicket Definition The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.
- English Word Wicking Definition the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
- English Word Wickliffite Definition See Wyclifite.
- English Word Wiclifite Definition Alt. of Wickliffite
- English Word Wicopy Definition See Leatherwood.
- English Word Widdy Definition A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or withes, as of birch.
- English Word Wide Definition Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
- English Word Wide Definition Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference.
- English Word Wide Definition Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a wide understanding.
- English Word Wide Definition Of a certain measure between the sides; measuring in a direction at right angles to that of length; as, a table three feet wide.
- English Word Wide Definition Remote; distant; far.
- English Word Wide Definition Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.
- English Word Wide Definition On one side or the other of the mark; too far side-wise from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
- English Word Wide Definition Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs; -- opposed to primary as used by Mr. Bell, and to narrow as used by Mr. Sweet. The effect, as explained by Mr. Bell, is due to the relaxation or tension of the pharynx; as explained by Mr. Sweet and others, it is due to the action of the tongue. The wide of / (/ve) is / (/ll); of a (ate) is / (/nd), etc. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 13-15.
- English Word Wide Definition To a distance; far; widely; to a great distance or extent; as, his fame was spread wide.
- English Word Wide Definition So as to leave or have a great space between the sides; so as to form a large opening.
- English Word Wide Definition So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose; aside; astray.
- English Word Wide Definition That which is wide; wide space; width; extent.
- English Word Wide Definition That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.
- English Word Wide-awake Definition Fully awake; not drowsy or dull; hence, knowing; keen; alert.
- English Word Wide-awake Definition A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.