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English : variant spelling of Wickson.
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English : variant spelling of Wicks.
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English : habitational name from Wickstead, a place in Cheshire, or Wicksted Farm in Highworth, Wiltshire, both named from Old English wīc-stede ‘dwelling place’, ‘habitation’.
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English : variant spelling of Weeks or Wicks.
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English : unexplained. Probably an altered form of Wixon (see Wickson).
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English : nickname from some fancied resemblance to the songbird (Emberiza spp.).German : patronymic from an unexplained Frisian-Lower Saxon personal name, or a derivative of Bunt- (see Bunten).Sarah Bunting (1686–1762), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, became a noted Quaker minister in Cross Wicks, NJ. It is believed but not certain that other members of her family, including her father, John Bunting, came with her to NJ sometime before 1704, when her marriage to William Murfin is recorded.
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English : variant spelling of Wickson.
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English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wikke (see Wick 2).
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English : patronymic from the Middle English personal name Wikke (see Wick 2).
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The stick from which candle wicks are suspended for dipping.
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Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames.
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the material of which wicks are made; esp., a loosely braided or twisted cord or tape of cotton.
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A genus of Old World plants belonging to the Pink family (Caryophyllaceae). Most of the species have brilliantly colored flowers and cottony leaves, which may have anciently answered as wicks for lamps. The botanical name is in common use for the garden species. The corn cockle (Lychnis Githago) is a common weed in wheat fields.
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A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.
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Alt. of Kicky-wisky