Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WIG
WIG, n.2 [G. weck, wig, and weck-butter, roll butter. It would seem that the sense is a roll or twist interwoven.]
- A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of net-work, formerly much worn by men.
- A sort of cake. [Obs.] – Ainsworth.
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