Vocabulary : Wich to Wickered
Wich : A variant of 1st Wick. ;; A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. ;; A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.Wichitas : A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Wick : Alt. of Wich ;; 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. ;; To strike a stone in an oblique direction.
Wicke : Wicked.
Wicked : Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a two-wicked lamp. ;; 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. ;; Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous. ;; Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to mischief; roguish.
