outwick

== English == === Etymology === The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) +‎ 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 out- +‎ wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun. === Pronunciation === Noun: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/ Verb: (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /aʊtˈwɪk/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ʌʉtˈwɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪk Hyphenation: out‧wick === Noun === outwick (plural outwicks) (originally Scotland, curling) A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee. ==== Related terms ==== inwick ==== Translations ==== === Verb === outwick (third-person singular simple present outwicks, present participle outwicking, simple past and past participle outwicked) (originally Scotland, curling, also figurative) (transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee. (intransitive) Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee. ==== Related terms ==== inwick ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “outwick, 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.