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▪ I. outwick, n. Sc. Curling.|ˈaʊtˌwɪk|
[f. out- 7 + wick v. (?)]
A shot that cannons off the outside of another stone so as to impel it nearer the tee; practised when a well-guarded adversary's stone is in, and an ‘inwick’ cannot be taken.
1805McIndoe Poems 56 (E.D.D.) Mony a nice out-weik's been ta'en.
▪ II. outˈwick, v. Sc. Curling.
[f. out- 14 + wick v.]
intr. To take or make an outwick; to strike the outside of another stone so as to send it within either circle.
1831Blackw. Mag. XXX. 970 Out-wicking, is to strike the outer angle of a stone, so as thereby to put it into the spot. Though a much more difficult operation, it can sometimes be practised with effect when in-wicking cannot.
fig.c1896A. Benvie Raid of Pictonello ii. in R. Caledon. Curling Club Ann. (1897–8) p. clxviii, Alas, his wits Are wandered, and his tongue makes sport of words Outwicking from the sense, the mind elsewhere. |