Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WICK'ER
WICK'EN, or WICK'EN-TREEWICK'ET
WICK'ER, a. [Dan. vien, probably contracted from vigen. The Eng. twig, G. zweig, D. twyg, are probably formed on the simple word wig, from the root of L. vigeo, to grow. The word signifies a shoot.]
Made of twigs or osiers; as, a wicker basket; a wicker chair. – Spenser. Peacham.
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