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Quotation dates: 1868-1900
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WICKER, v.2, n.2
I. v. To twitch, tremble. Also in Eng. dial., of the eyelids.Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lads' Love xiii.:
My mother's underlip began to "wicker," as we used to say at school — the sort of trembling that you cannot stop when you will.Kcb. 1900 Crockett Stickit Minister's Wooing 185:
The words came tremulously. The pale lips wickered.
II. n. 1. A twitch, flicker.Sc. 1868 G. Webster Strathbrachan i. ix.:
Look, Captain, at the wicker o' her e'e.
2. In phr. a wicker o' a shower, a quick, sharp shower (Ayr. 1825 Jam., Ayr. c.1930). Poss., however, a different word from 1.
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