wicker

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wicker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wike \Wike\, n.
     A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in
     marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be
     mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker. [Prov.
     Eng.]
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  Wicker \Wick"er\, n. [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to
     AS. w[imac]can to give way. Cf. Weak.]
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     1. A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork
        and the like; a withe.
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     2. Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket.
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              Then quick did dress
              His half milk up for cheese, and in a press
              Of wicker pressed it.                 --Chapman.
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     3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]
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  Wicker \Wick"er\, a.
     Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
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           Each one a little wicker basket had,
           Made of fine twigs, entrail['e]d curiously. --Spenser.
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wicker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wicker
      n 1: slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or
           some canes); used for wickerwork
      2: work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow
         branches) [syn: wicker, wickerwork, caning]