Wich

conj, det, noun, pron

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of wych (“brine spring or well”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A wich town, particularly one of several former salt mining towns in Cheshire with a name ending -wich.

    "Droitwich was then clearly more important than any of the Cheshire wiches; indeed the two most northerly of them were reported in 1086 to be "utterly waste", while Nantwich farm was worth only £10 a year."

Conjunction
  1. 1
    Misspelling of which. alt-of, misspelling
Determiner
  1. 1
    Misspelling of which. alt-of, misspelling
Pronoun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of which. alt-of, misspelling

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"Droitwich was then clearly more important than any of the Cheshire wiches; indeed the two most northerly of them were reported in 1086 to be "utterly waste", while Nantwich farm was worth only £10 a year."

Etymology

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