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Wich [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

2. 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.

3. A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players.

Wichita Encyclopedia Britannica

WICHITA, a city of the United States, the county seat of Sedgwick county, Kansas, is situated on the east bank of the Arkansas river, in the midst of an extremely fertile region. It is entered by six lines of railway, thus being one of the most important railway centres of the State. Its growth has been remarkable, even in this region of rapid development. In 1870 its site was without inhabitants; in 1880 it contained 4911 persons, while in 1886 it had a population of 20,129, making it the fourth city of the State.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 24, p. 556
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Wichitas [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.