wike

English

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) A home; a dwelling.
  • A temporary mark or boundary, such as a tree bough set up in marking out or dividing anything, such as tithes, swaths to be mowed in shared ground, etc.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wic.

Origin

Old English

wic

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