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wicker

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English

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wicker (countable anduncountable,pluralwickers)

Aflexible branch ortwig of aplant such aswillow,used inweaving baskets andfurniture.
Wickerwork.
Synonym:(probably UK, dialectal)wick
wicker basket wicker cradle
- 1614–1615,Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, inGeo[rge] Chapman, transl.,Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [andWilliam Jaggard], forNathaniell Butter, published1615,→OCLC; republished inThe Odysseys of Homer, […], volume(please specify the book number), London:John Russell Smith, […],1857,→OCLC:
  Then quick did dress / His half milk up for cheese, and in a press / Ofwicker pressed it.
  The spelling has been modernized.

Derived terms

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wick(“basket made of wickers; wickers collectively; wickerwork”)
rewicker
wicker man
wickerwork

Translations

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flexible branch or twig

Arabic:خوص
Assamese:কামি(kami)
Catalan:vímet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:篳 /筚 (zh)(bì),柳條 /柳条 (zh)(liǔtiáo)
Czech:virgule (cs) f
Dutch:teen (nl),twijg (nl)
Finnish:vitsa (fi)
French:osier (fr) m
Galician:vime m,vimbio (gl) m,bringa f,buíño m,guineita f,guimia f,trogallo m,brime m,ódega f
German:Weide (de) f
Greek:ψάθα (el) f(psátha)
Hungarian:vessző (hu),fűzfavessző (hu)
Ingrian:vitsa
Irish:caolach m
Italian:vimini
Japanese:小枝 (ja)(こえだ, koeda),籐 (ja)(とう, tō)(esp. attributive)
Korean:고리 (ko)(gori)
Ladino:estera f
Persian:ترکه (fa)(tarke)
Polish:wiklina (pl) f
Portuguese:vime (pt) m,verga (pt) f
Romanian:nuia (ro) f
Russian:прут (ru) m(prut),лоза́ (ru) f(lozá)
Spanish:mimbre (es) m

wickerwork—seewickerwork

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Korean:^{(pleaseverify)}고리 (ko)(gori)

Adjective

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wicker (notcomparable)

Made ofwickerwork.
- 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
  There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and twowicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, […], and all these articles […] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- 1956,Delano Ames, chapter 7, inCrime out of Mind‎^[1]:
  He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into hiswicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.