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单词 outwick
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outwickn.

Brit. /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/, Scottish English /ˈʌʊtˌwɪk/
Forms: 1800s outweik, 1800s– outwick, 1900s– ootwick.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wick v.2, wick n.5
Etymology: < out- prefix + either wick v.2 or wick n.5 Compare inwick n.
Scottish. Curling.
A shot intended to strike the outside of another stone so as to drive it elsewhere, esp. nearer the tee.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > [noun] > types of shot or delivery
inring1789
outwick1805
inwick1820
wick1823
witter shot1823
outring1824
inturn1890
out-turn1890
stug1897
draw1902
draw shot1902
in-curl1903
out-curl1903
long slide1936
slide1950
peel1984
1805 G. McIndoe Poems & Songs 56 Mony a nice out-weik's been ta'en.
1878 Chambers's Jrnl. 27 Apr. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 518/1 It is one of those very difficult shots known amongst curlers as an outwick.
1951 Scots Mag. Jan. 301 The stones roar up the slide. Strange words and terms sound in the air... ‘Try an ootwick.’
1999 Scotsman (Nexis) 13 Dec. 38 The Scottish front end of Loudon and MacDonald were first to suggest the solution to their problem—an outwick on their own guard lying wide and five feet outside the house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

outwickv.

Brit. /aʊtˈwɪk/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈwɪk/, Scottish English /ʌʊtˈwɪk/
Forms: 1800s– ootwick, 1800s– outwick.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, wick v.2
Etymology: < out- prefix + wick v.2, after outwick n. Compare outwicking n.
Scottish. Curling. Now rare.
transitive and intransitive. To take or make an outwick; to strike the outside of another stone so as to send towards the tee. Also figurative.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (intransitive)] > actions
roar1787
wick1811
outwick1830
port1831
rebut1831
to fill the ice1867
guard1878
slide1936
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > curling > curl [verb (transitive)] > actions
ride1771
draw1787
guard1787
strike1811
hog1822
inwick1823
outwick1830
promote1937
1830 R. Broun Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia 108 Outwick, to touch the outside of one stone with another, so as to carry the former towards the tee.
1884 J. Taylor Curling 93 It's our ain stane, sae I carena whether ye inwick or outwick it.
1886 Banffshire Jrnl. 12 Jan. 3 Whiles the best'll miss their mark, Ootwickin' on their friens.
c1896 A. Benvie Raid of Pictonello ii, in Royal 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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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