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▪ I. inwick, n. Sc. Curling.|ˈɪnˌwɪk|
[f. in adv. + (?) wick v.]
A shot which strikes the inside of another stone and glances off it to the tee, as in a cannon in billiards; practised when an adversary's stone is in, and strongly guarded from front attack; the same as an inring (but see the vb.).
1820Blackw. Mag. VI. 572 Bringing up by means of what is termed an in-wick his next stone. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. s.v., To take an inwick is considered by all curlers the finest trick in the game. 1831in Blackw. Mag. XXX. 970 Then by a dexterous in-wick eject the winner. Ibid. 971 To make a succession of in-wicks up a port. 1857Chambers' Inform. II. 683/2 The player..does his best to take the inwick or angle; and by a skilfully ‘laid on’ stone..the inwick is taken; his stone glides off, angles towards the tee, knocks his adversary's stone out of shot—himself remaining in the while.
▪ II. ˌinˈwick, v. Sc. Curling.
[f. prec. n.]
intr. To take or make an inwick; to ‘cannon’ off the inner side of another stone so as to reach the tee and knock out an opponent's stone when this is guarded in front. Usually in vbl. n. inwicking.
(Mactaggart in quot. 1824 distinguishes inwick and inring, but this is not done by other authorities.)
1823Cal. Merc. 4 Jan. (Jam.), The contest was keen at drawing, striking off, and inwicking. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 280 This is somewhat different from inring; to inwick a stone is to come up a port or wick, and strike the inring of a stone seen through that wick; now this is different from a common open inring—the two are often confounded with each other, but they are quite different. 1898R. Caled. Curling Club Ann. Const. 24 Every Competitor shall play 4 shots at each of the nine following points of the game, viz. Striking, Inwicking, Drawing, Guarding, Chap and Lie, Wick and Curl in, Raising, Chipping the Winner, and Drawing through a Port, according to the definitions and diagrams here given. |