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inwick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈwɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)

Etymology

The noun is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; within’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from the noun; by surface analysis, in- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).

Meanings

1. A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

Forms

Relateds

outwick

Synonyms

inring

Translations (1)

sco inwick (stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee)

inwick en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈwɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)

Etymology

The noun is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; within’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from the noun; by surface analysis, in- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.
2. (intransitive) To play one's stone in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee.

Forms

Relateds

outwick

Translations (1)

sco inwick ((ambitransitive) to play (one’s stone) in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee)