See Also: wich(dictionary)

wich (iou)



wich noun. local (now Hist.). Also wych. OE.
[App. a differentiated var. of WICK noun2. Cf. the place-names of (former) salt-making towns Droitwich (formerly Wich), Nantwich, Northwich.]
A salt-works, salt-pit, or brine-spring in the salt-manufacturing district of Cheshire and neighbouring parts; in pl., the salt-making towns of these parts.