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wicker
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wicker has 2 senses
- wicker(n = noun.substance) Array - slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork; Array is a kind of wood
- wicker(n = noun.artifact) caning, wickerwork - work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches); Array is a kind of piece of work, work
CIDE DICTIONARY
wicker, n. [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. wīcan to give way. Cf. Weak.].
- A small pliant twig or osier; a rod for making basketwork and the like; a withe. [1913 Webster]
- Wickerwork; a piece of wickerwork, esp. a basket. [1913 Webster]"Then quick did dress
His half milk up for cheese, and in a press
Of wicker pressed it." [1913 Webster] - Same as 1st Wike. [1913 Webster]
wicker, a.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. [1913 Webster]
"Each one a little wicker basket had,
Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously." [1913 Webster]
Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wicker, n. plaited twigs or osiers etc. as material for chairs, baskets, mats, etc.
Etymology
ME, f. E.Scand.: cf. Sw. viker willow, rel. to vika bend
ROGET THESAURUS
wicker
Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.
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