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Webster 1913 Edition
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.
His half milk up for cheese, and in a press
Of wicker pressed it.
Chapman.
Wick′er
,Adj.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
Each one a little
Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously.
wicker
basket had,Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wicker
WICKER
,Adj.
Definition 2024
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English
Noun
wicker (countable and uncountable, plural wickers)
- A flexible branch or twig of a plant such as willow, used in weaving baskets and furniture
- Wickerwork.
- Chapman
- Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Of wicker pressed it.
- Chapman
Derived terms
Translations
flexible branch or twig
wickerwork — see wickerwork
See also
Adjective
wicker (not comparable)
- Made of wickerwork.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 12, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:
- He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.
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