inwick

== English == === Etymology === The noun is derived from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; within’) +‎ wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from the noun; by surface analysis, in- +‎ wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /ɪnˈwɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk Hyphenation: in‧wick === Noun === inwick (plural inwicks) (originally Scotland, curling) A stroke in which the stone rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee. Synonym: (dated) inring ==== Related terms ==== outwick ==== Translations ==== === Verb === inwick (third-person singular simple present inwicks, present participle inwicking, simple past and past participle inwicked) (originally Scotland, curling) (transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee. (intransitive) To play one's stone in a way that it rebounds from the inside edge of another stone, and then slides close to the tee. ==== Related terms ==== outwick ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “inwick, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.