wich

CIDE DICTIONARY

wich, n. 

 A variant of 1st wick.  [1913 Webster]

wich, n. [AS. wīc village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. vīk an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.].

•  A street; a village; a castle; a dwelling; a place of work, or exercise of authority; -- now obsolete except in composition; as, bailiwick, Warwick, Greenwick.  Stow.  [1913 Webster]
•  A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.  [1913 Webster]