Wick"er (?), n. [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.]
© Webster 1913.
Wick"er (?), a.
Made of, or covered with, twigs or osiers, or wickerwork.
Each one a little wicker basket had,
Made of fine twigs, entrail'ed curiously.
Spenser.
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