| Wicket (wicket) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wick"et |
| [OE. wiket, OF.
wiket, guichet, F. quichet; probably of Scand. origin;
cf. Icel. v(?)k a small creek, inlet, bay, vik a corner.]
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A small gate or door, especially one forming
part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or
entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to
close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman.
A small gate by which the chamber of canal locks
is emptied, or by which the amount of water passing to a water wheel is
regulated.
A small
framework at which the ball is bowled. It consists of three rods, or
stumps, set vertically in the ground, with one or two short rods, called
bails, lying horizontally across the top.
A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees,
-- used by lumbermen, etc.
The space between the pillars,
in postand-stall working.
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