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noun
1.
a slender, pliant twig; osier; withe.
2.
plaited or woven twigs or osiers as the material of baskets, chairs, etc.; wickerwork.
3.
something made of wickerwork, as a basket.
adjective
4.
consisting or made of wicker: a wicker chair.
5.
covered with wicker: a wicker jug.
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| wicker (ˈwɪkə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a slender flexible twig or shoot, esp of willow |
| 2. | short for wickerwork |
| —adj | |
| 3. | made, consisting of, or constructed from wicker |
| [C14: from Scandinavian; compare Swedish viker, Danish viger willow, Swedish vika to bend] | |
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wicker
1336, "wickerwork," from a Scand. source (cf. M.Swed. viker "willow branch") akin to O.N. vikja "to move, turn," Swed. vika "to bend," and related to O.E. wican "to give way, yield" (see weak). The notion is of pliant twigs.
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