Bailiffwick :: Bailiffwick (n.) See Bailiwick.

Bailiwick :: Bailiwick (n.) The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the limits of a bailiff's authority.

Brunswick Black :: Brunswick black () See Japan black.

Brunswick Green :: Brunswick green () An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed..

Constablewick :: Constablewick (n.) The district to which a constable's power is limited.

Kicksy-wicksy :: Kicksy-wicksy (n.) Alt. of Kicky-wisk.

Kicksy-wicksy :: Kicksy-wicksy (a.) Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames..

Sheriffwick :: Sheriffwick (n.) The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.

Warwickite :: Warwickite (n.) 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..

Wick :: Wick (n.) Alt. of Wic.

Wick :: Wick (n.) 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 used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned..

Wick :: Wick (v. i.) To strike a stone in an oblique direction.

Wicke :: Wicke (a.) Wicked.

Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp..

Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality; contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed; wicked designs..

Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.

Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.

Wickedly :: Wickedly (adv.) 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..

Wickedness :: Wickedness (n.) 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.

Wickedness :: Wickedness (n.) A wicked thing or act; crime; sin; iniquity.

Wicken Tree :: Wicken tree () Same as Quicken tree.

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe.

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket..

Wicker :: Wicker (n.) Same as 1st Wike.

Wicker :: Wicker (a.) Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork..

Wickered :: Wickered (a.) Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or wickerwork..

Wickerwork :: Wickerwork (n.) A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) 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..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) 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..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) 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..

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