Wikiup \Wik"i*up`\, n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf.
Dakota wakeya, wokeya.]
The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions
of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical
in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass
or brushwood.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Wikiup \Wik"i*up`\, n. [Of North American Indian origin; cf.
Dakota wakeya, wokeya.]
The hut used by the nomadic Indian tribes of the arid regions
of the west and southwest United States, typically elliptical
in form, with a rough frame covered with reed mats or grass
or brushwood.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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