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wick
(encz) | wick,knot n: Zdeněk Brož |
wick
(gcide) | wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), or Wich \Wich\ (w[i^]ch), n. [AS. w[imac]c
village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr.
Icel. v[imac]k an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf.
Villa.]
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1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of
work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in
composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow.
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2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
flanked by the stones of previous players.
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wick
(gcide) | wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or
wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and
wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain
origin.]
A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord,
tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads,
which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the
oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other
material used for illumination, in small successive portions,
to be burned.
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But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser.
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wick
(gcide) | wick \wick\, v. i. (Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
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wick
(wn) | wick
n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action;
"the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: wick,
taper] |
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wicked
(mass) | wicked
- bezbožný, zlý |
wickedness
(mass) | wickedness
- zlo |
bailiwick
(encz) | bailiwick,správní oblast n: např. Bailiwick of Guernsey mykhalbailiwick,šafářství n: Zdeněk Brož |
berwick
(encz) | Berwick,Berwick n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
brunswick
(encz) | Brunswick,Brunsvik [zem.] n: Brunswick,Brunswick n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
candlewick
(encz) | candlewick,knot svíčky Zdeněk Brož |
chadwick
(encz) | Chadwick,Chadwick n: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
cottonwick
(encz) | cottonwick, n: |
eastwick
(encz) | Eastwick, |
fenwick
(encz) | Fenwick,Fenwick n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
kennewick
(encz) | Kennewick, |
lodowick
(encz) | Lodowick, |
midwicket
(encz) | midwicket,pozice v kriketu Zdeněk Brož |
most wicked
(encz) | most wicked, adj: |
new brunswick
(encz) | New Brunswick, |
no rest for the wicked
(encz) | no rest for the wicked, |
sedgwick
(encz) | Sedgwick,Sedgwick n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
sleswick
(encz) | Sleswick,Šlesvicko [zem.] n: |
warwick
(encz) | Warwick,Warwick n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
wick
(encz) | wick,knot n: Zdeněk Brož |
wicked
(encz) | wicked,darebný adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,hanebný adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,hříšný adj: webwicked,nemravný adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,nestydatý adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,prostopášný adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,působivý adj: [hovor.] podobné cool Petr Hlávkawicked,rozpustilý adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,sprostý adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,velmi dobrý adj: [hovor.] podobné cool Petr Hlávkawicked,zlomyslný adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,zlý adj: Zdeněk Brožwicked,zpustlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wickedly
(encz) | wickedly,uličnicky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
wickedness
(encz) | wickedness,podlost n: Zdeněk Brožwickedness,špatnost n: Zdeněk Brožwickedness,zlo n: Zdeněk Brož |
wicker
(encz) | wicker,proutěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wicker basket
(encz) | wicker basket, n: |
wickerwork
(encz) | wickerwork,proutí n: Zdeněk Brožwickerwork,výrobek z proutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
wicket
(encz) | wicket,branka n: Zdeněk Brožwicket,vrátka n: Zdeněk Brož |
wicket door
(encz) | wicket door, n: |
wicket gate
(encz) | wicket gate, n: |
wicket-keeper
(encz) | wicket-keeper, n: |
wicketkeeper
(encz) | wicketkeeper,kriketový brankář n: Zdeněk Brož |
wickets
(encz) | wickets,branky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožwickets,okénka n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
wicking
(encz) | wicking,knotový jev Oldřich Švec |
wickiup
(encz) | wickiup, n: |
wickliffe
(encz) | Wickliffe, |
wickup
(encz) | wickup, n: |
berwick
(czen) | Berwick,Berwickn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
brunswick
(czen) | Brunswick,Brunswickn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
chadwick
(czen) | Chadwick,Chadwickn: [jmén.] příjmení, mužské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
fenwick
(czen) | Fenwick,Fenwickn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
sedgwick
(czen) | Sedgwick,Sedgwickn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
warwick
(czen) | Warwick,Warwickn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Bailiffwick
(gcide) | Bailiffwick \Bail"iff*wick\, n.
See Bailiwick. [Obs.]
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Bailiwick
(gcide) | Bailiwick \Bail"i*wick\, n. [Bailie, bailiff + wick a village.]
(Law)
The precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction; the
limits of a bailiff's authority.
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Brunswick black
(gcide) | Japan \Ja*pan"\, a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
country; as, Japan ware.
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Japan allspice (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
(Chimonanthus fragrans), related to the Carolina
allspice.
Japan black (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
called also Brunswick black, Japan lacquer, or simply
Japan.
Japan camphor, ordinary camphor brought from China or
Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
borneol or Borneo camphor.
Japan clover, or Japan pea (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
(Lespedeza striata) from Eastern Asia, useful for
fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
was called variously Yankee clover and Rebel clover.
Japan earth. See Catechu.
Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
when dry.
Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the
poison sumac.
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See Japan black.
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Brunswick green
(gcide) | Green \Green\ (gr[=e]n), n.
1. The color of growing plants; the color of the solar
spectrum intermediate between the yellow and the blue.
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2. A grassy plain or plat; a piece of ground covered with
verdant herbage; as, the village green.
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O'er the smooth enameled green. --Milton.
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3. Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants;
wreaths; -- usually in the plural.
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In that soft season when descending showers
Call forth the greens, and wake the rising flowers.
--Pope.
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4. pl. Leaves and stems of young plants, as spinach, beets,
etc., which in their green state are boiled for food.
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5. Any substance or pigment of a green color.
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Alkali green (Chem.), an alkali salt of a sulphonic acid
derivative of a complex aniline dye, resembling emerald
green; -- called also Helvetia green.
Berlin green. (Chem.) See under Berlin.
Brilliant green (Chem.), a complex aniline dye, resembling
emerald green in composition.
Brunswick green, an oxychloride of copper.
Chrome green. See under Chrome.
Emerald green. (Chem.)
(a) A complex basic derivative of aniline produced as a
metallic, green crystalline substance, and used for
dyeing silk, wool, and mordanted vegetable fiber a
brilliant green; -- called also aldehyde green,
acid green, malachite green, Victoria green,
solid green, etc. It is usually found as a double
chloride, with zinc chloride, or as an oxalate.
(b) See Paris green (below).
Gaignet's green (Chem.) a green pigment employed by the
French artist, Adrian Gusgnet, and consisting essentially
of a basic hydrate of chromium.
Methyl green (Chem.), an artificial rosaniline dyestuff,
obtained as a green substance having a brilliant yellow
luster; -- called also light-green.
Mineral green. See under Mineral.
Mountain green. See Green earth, under Green, a.
Paris green (Chem.), a poisonous green powder, consisting
of a mixture of several double salts of the acetate and
arsenite of copper. It has found very extensive use as a
pigment for wall paper, artificial flowers, etc., but
particularly as an exterminator of insects, as the potato
bug; -- called also Schweinfurth green, {imperial
green}, Vienna green, emerald qreen, and {mitis
green}.
Scheele's green (Chem.), a green pigment, consisting
essentially of a hydrous arsenite of copper; -- called
also Swedish green. It may enter into various pigments
called parrot green, pickel green, Brunswick green,
nereid green, or emerald green.
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first made at Brunswick, in Germany.]
An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a
carbonate of copper similarly employed.
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Constablewick
(gcide) | Constablewick \Con"sta*ble*wick`\, n. [Constable + wick a
village]
The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.]
--Sir M. Hale.
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cottonwick
(gcide) | cottonwick \cottonwick\ n.
a type of grunt (Haemulon melanurum) of warm Atlantic
waters.
Syn: Haemulon melanurum.
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Fare wicket
(gcide) | Fare \Fare\, n. [AS. faru journey, fr. faran. See Fare, v.]
1. A journey; a passage. [Obs.]
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That nought might stay his fare. --Spenser.
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2. The price of passage or going; the sum paid or due for
conveying a person by land or water; as, the fare for
crossing a river; the fare in a coach or by railway.
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3. Ado; bustle; business. [Obs.]
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The warder chid and made fare. --Chaucer.
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4. Condition or state of things; fortune; hap; cheer.
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What fare? what news abroad ? --Shak.
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5. Food; provisions for the table; entertainment; as, coarse
fare; delicious fare. "Philosophic fare." --Dryden.
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6. The person or persons conveyed in a vehicle; as, a full
fare of passengers. --A. Drummond.
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7. The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
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Bill of fare. See under Bill.
Fare indicator or Fare register, a device for recording
the number of passengers on a street car, etc.
Fare wicket.
(a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges,
exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number
of persons passing it.
(b) An opening in the door of a street car for purchasing
tickets of the driver or passing fares to the
conductor. --Knight.
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Kicksy-wicksy
(gcide) | Kicksy-wicksy \Kick"sy-wick`sy\, Kicky-wisky \Kick"y-wisk`y\, n.
That which is restless and uneasy.
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Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is
applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in
"All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
[1913 Webster]Kicksy-wicksy \Kick"sy-wick`sy\, a.
Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. --Nares.
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Sheriffwick
(gcide) | Sheriffalty \Sher"iff*al*ty\, Sheriffdom \Sher"iff*dom\,
Sheriffry \Sher"iff*ry\, Sheriffship \Sher"iff*ship\,
Sheriffwick \Sher"iff*wick\, n.
The office or jurisdiction of sheriff. See Shrievalty.
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Shire wick
(gcide) | Shire \Shire\, n. [AS. sc[imac]re, sc[imac]r, a division,
province, county. Cf. Sheriff.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the
supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually
identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a
smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
Hallamshire.
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An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a
county or shire. --Blackstone.
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2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous
townships; a county. [U. S.]
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Note: Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of
a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead
of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead
of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological,
are used in England. In the United States the composite
word is sometimes the only name of a county; as,
Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts,
instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
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The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and
Thames separate the counties of Northumberland,
Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. --Encyc.
Brit.
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Knight of the shire. See under Knight.
Shire clerk, an officer of a county court; also, an under
sheriff. [Eng.]
Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's
turn, or court. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Shire reeve (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a
shire; a sheriff. --Burrill.
Shire town, the capital town of a county; a county town.
Shire wick, a county; a shire. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Warwickite
(gcide) | Warwickite \War"wick*ite\, n. (Min.)
A dark brown or black mineral, occurring in prismatic
crystals imbedded in limestone near Warwick, New York. It
consists of the borate and titanate of magnesia and iron.
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wick
(gcide) | wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), or Wich \Wich\ (w[i^]ch), n. [AS. w[imac]c
village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr.
Icel. v[imac]k an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf.
Villa.]
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1. A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of
work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in
composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick. --Stow.
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2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course,
flanked by the stones of previous players.
[1913 Webster]wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or
wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and
wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain
origin.]
A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord,
tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads,
which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the
oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other
material used for illumination, in small successive portions,
to be burned.
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But true it is, that when the oil is spent
The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]wick \wick\, v. i. (Curling)
To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
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wicke
(gcide) | wicke \wick"e\ (w[i^]k"e), a.
Wicked. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. "With full wikke intent."
--Chaucer.
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Wicked
(gcide) | Wicked \Wick"ed\ (w[i^]k"[e^]d), a. [OE. wicked, fr. wicke
wicked; probably originally the same word as wicche wizard,
witch. See Witch.]
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1. Evil in principle or practice; deviating from morality;
contrary to the moral or divine law; addicted to vice or
sin; sinful; immoral; profligate; -- said of persons and
things; as, a wicked king; a wicked woman; a wicked deed;
wicked designs.
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Hence, then, and evil go with thee along,
Thy offspring, to the place of evil, hell,
Thou and thy wicked crew! --Milton.
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Never, never, wicked man was wise. --Pope.
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2. Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
[Obs.] "Wicked dew." --Shak.
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This were a wicked way, but whoso had a guide. --P.
Plowman.
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3. Ludicrously or sportively mischievous; disposed to
mischief; roguish. [Colloq.]
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Pen looked uncommonly wicked. --Thackeray.
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Syn: Iniquitous; sinful; criminal; guilty; immoral; unjust;
unrighteous; unholy; irreligious; ungodly; profane;
vicious; pernicious; atrocious; nefarious; heinous;
flagrant; flagitious; abandoned. See Iniquitous.
[1913 Webster]Wicked \Wicked\ (w[i^]kt), a.
Having a wick; -- used chiefly in composition; as, a
two-wicked lamp.
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