WICKER

n. a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

2.
n.

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.
n.

Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]

4.
a.

Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser.


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