Wick"er (?), a. Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or
wickerwork.
Each one a little wicker basket had, Made of fine twigs, entrailéd
curiously.
Spenser.
Wick"ered (?), a. Made of, secured by, or covered with, wickers or
wickerwork.
Ships of light timber, wickered with osier between, and covered over
with leather.
Milton.
Wick"er*work` (?), n. A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles
made of such a texture.
Wick"et (?), n. [OE. wiket, OF. wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of
Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v&?;k a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a
corner.]
1. A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed
near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or
beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance
or aperture. Piers Plowman. "Heaven's wicket." Milton.
And so went to the high street, . . . and came to the great tower, but
the gate and wicket was fast closed.
Ld. Berners.
The wicket, often opened, knew the key.
Dryden.
2. A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks is emptied, or by
which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is regulated.
3. (Cricket) (a) A small framework at which the ball is bowled. It
consists of three rods, or stumps, set vertically in the ground, with
one or two short rods, called bails, lying horizontally across the top.
(b) The ground on which the wickets are set.
4. A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, — used by lumbermen,
etc. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
5. (Mining) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working.
Raymond.
Wicket door, Wicket gate, a small door or gate; a wicket. See def. 1,
above. Bunyan. — Wicket keeper (Cricket), the player who stands behind
the wicket to catch the balls and endeavor to put the batsman out.
Wick"ing, n. the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely
braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
{ Wic"lif*ite, Wick"liff*ite } (?), n. See Wyclifite.
Wic"o*py (?), n. (Bot.) See Leatherwood.
Wid"dy (?), n. [Cf. Withy.] A rope or halter made of flexible twigs, or
withes, as of birch. [Scot.]
Wide (wd), a. [Compar. Wider (-r); superl. Widest.] [OE. wid, wyde, AS.
wd; akin to OFries. & OS. wd, D. wijd, G. weit, OHG. wt, Icel. vðr, Sw.
& Dan. vid; of uncertain origin.] 1. Having considerable distance or
extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction
at right angles to that of length; not narrow; broad; as, wide cloth; a
wide table; a wide highway; a wide bed; a wide hall or entry.
The chambers and the stables weren wyde.
Chaucer.
Wide is the gate . . . that leadeth to destruction.
Matt. vii. 18.
2. Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast;
extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference. "This
wyde world." Chaucer.
For sceptered cynics earth were far too wide a den.
Byron.
When the wide bloom, on earth that lies, Seems of a brighter world than
ours.
Bryant.
3. Of large scope; comprehensive; liberal; broad; as, wide views; a
wide understanding.
Men of strongest head and widest culture.