wicker
[wik-er]
- a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
- plaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.; wickerwork.
- something made of wickerwork, as a basket.
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- consisting or made of wicker: a wicker chair.
- covered with wicker: a wicker jug.
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Origin of wicker
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Contemporary Examples
The large bottle is served slightly on its side in a wicker basket so the sediment can sink to the bottom.
Could a mind-boggling vendetta be behind the ricin letters sent to Obama and Wicker?
A blue suitcase and a wicker basket had been stacked on top of her body.
I do not remember Sen. Wicker ever approaching the Democrats in good faith and attempting to build that metaphorical bridge.
An Open Letter to Mississippi Senator Roger WickerNovember 9, 2012
As I said earlier, Sen. Wicker has now won re-election on Tuesday by a comfortable margin.
An Open Letter to Mississippi Senator Roger WickerNovember 9, 2012
Historical Examples
It was a large bedroom with high ceilings and wicker furniture.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
They vse also mosse tyed on aboue the clay with some bryer, wicker, or other bands.
A New Orchard And GardenWilliam Lawson
He sat in his wicker chair before the fire and rocked himself and moaned.
The ChristianHall Caine
There were arrows and wicker shields also, and the huge wooden shields of the Egyptians.
AnabasisXenophon
The wicker armchair was the most substantial thing about her person.
'Twixt Land & SeaJoseph Conrad
wicker
- a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow
- short for wickerwork
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- made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker
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Word Origin
C14: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend
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Word Origin and History for wicker
n.
mid-14c., "wickerwork," from a Scandinavian source (cf. Middle Swedish viker "willow branch") akin to Old Norse vikja "to move, turn," Swedish vika "to bend," and related to Old English wican "to give way, yield" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs.
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