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Webster 1913 Edition


Wich

{

wick

(wĭk)
, or

Wich

(wĭch)
}
,
Noun.
[AS.
wīc
village, fr. L.
vicus
. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel.
vīk
an inlet, creek, bay. See
Vicinity
, and cf.
Villa
.]
1.
A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; – now obsolete except in composition;
as, baili
wick
, War
wick
, Green
wick
.
Stow.
2.
(Curling)
A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.