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WICKER
wicker, wickerwork, caning
(noun) work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
wicker
(noun) slender flexible branches or twigs (especially of willow or some canes); used for wickerwork
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
Adjective
wicker (not comparable)
Made of wickerwork.
Source: Wiktionary
Wick"er, n. Etym: [OE. wiker, wikir, osier, probably akin to AS. wican to give way. Cf. Weak.]
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. Chapman.
3. Same as 1st Wike. [Prov. Eng.]
Wick"er, a.
Definition: Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork. Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd curiously. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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