Meanings
wich1
nounwich (plural wiches)
plural wiches
- alternativeAlternative spelling of wych (“brine spring or well”).
- 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.
(Can we date this quote?), Edward Hughes, Studies in Administration and Finance 1558-1825, Manchester University Press, page 21
wich2
conjunction
- misspellingMisspelling of which.
determiner
- misspellingMisspelling of which.
pronoun
- misspellingMisspelling of which.
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APA
wich. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wich
MLA
“wich.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wich. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wich,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wich.
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