v. t. [ AS. beswīcan; be- + swīcan to deceive, entice; akin to OS. swīkan, OHG. swīhhan, Icel. svīkja. ] To lure; to cheat. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Kivikivies (&unr_;), Kiwikiwies (Zool.) Any species of Apteryx, esp. Apteryx australis; -- so called in imitation of its notes. More commonly called kiwi. See Apteryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A temporary mark or boundary, as a bough of a tree set up in marking out or dividing anything, as tithes, swaths to be mowed in common ground, etc.; -- called also wicker. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. wic. See Wick a village. ] A home; a dwelling. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of North American Indian origin; cf. Dakota wakeya, wokeya. ] The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass or brushwood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Wicked. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]