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(Wikkir,) Wikker, Wykkyr, Wekir(r, n. Also: wic(k)ir, wicker. [ME and e.m.E. wyker (north. 1329-30), wikres pl. (1426), wekker (Caxton), wycre (1502), wicker (1576), MSw. viker.] a. A withy, osier or similar pliant twig or branch, esp. used for binding or tying. See also Tempill n.² for further examples and Wikkir sparris n. pl. Freq. in fig. context. b. Wickerwork, a wickerwork container or covering.a. c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 116/45.
My hert … Thought I wald bynd it with a wicir c1500-c1512 Dunb. (OUP) 178/14.
As with the wynd wavis the wickir [M. wicker; rh. sickir] Wavis this warldis vanite Pleugh-song in 1662 Forbes Cantus (ed. 1666).
Make me als so fast and sicker, As I were bound on with a wicker 1560 Rolland Seven S. 3545.
Thocht ane wald bind thé with ane wicker Thow will not keip gude reull 1587 Carmichael Etym. 6.
Vimen, a wicker(b) 1336 Cal. Doc. III 356.
Et stramen wekirr et tempil pro coopertura domorum 1336 Cal. Doc. III 356 (see Tempill n.² a).
Wekirb. 1501–2 Treas. Acc. II 33.
For glasses bundin with wykkyris and tua kames … x s. 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 432.
That the fowle clengers in the mwre haif ilk ane ane stafe with a wikker at the heid 1596 Dalr. I 42/29.
Nocht sa mekle fishe thay with nettis as with skepis or long kreilis, win with wickeris in the forme of a hose sa round wouen thir quhen thay lay in the furdes … that fast thay stik in the sand … the fishe esilie … entiris in the creilis 1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 305.
Flagones … of glase covered with wicker