Word Meanings - WINCER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who, or that which, winces, shrinks, or kicks.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
KICKSHAW
See SINGULAR
KICKSHAWS
something, fr. L. gualis of what kind + suffix - 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak. 2. A fancy dish; a titbit; a delicacy. Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty
KICKSHOE
A kickshaws. Milton.
KICKSY-WICKSY; KICKY-WISKY
That which is restless and uneasy. Note: Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in "All's Well that Ends Well," ii. 3, 297.
KICKSY-WICKSY
Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.