{wick (w&ibreve_;k), or Wich (w&ibreve_;ch) }, n. [AS. wīc village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vīk 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, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. Jamieson.
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