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weekwam


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weekwam  \Week"wam\,  n. 
  See  {Wigwam}.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wigwam  \Wig"wam\,  n.  [From  the  Algonquin  or  Massachusetts  Indian 
  word  w[=e]k,  ``his  house,''  or  ``dwelling  place;''  with 
  possessive  and  locative  affixes,  w[=e]-kou-om-ut,  ``in  his 
  (or  their)  house,''  contracted  by  the  English  to  weekwam,  and 
  wigwam.] 
  An  Indian  cabin  or  hut,  usually  of  a  conical  form  and  made 
  of  a  framework  of  poles  covered  with  hides,  bark,  or  mats;  -- 
  called  also  {tepee}.  [Sometimes  written  also  {weekwam}.] 
 
  Very  spacious  was  the  wigwam,  Made  of  deerskin  dressed 
  and  whitened,  With  the  gods  of  the  Dacotahs  Drawn  and 
  painted  on  its  curtains.  --Longfellow. 
 
  Note:  ``The  wigwam,  or  Indian  house,  of  a  circular  or  oval 
  shape,  was  made  of  bark  or  mats  laid  over  a  framework 
  of  branches  of  trees  stuck  in  the  ground  in  such  a 
  manner  as  to  converge  at  the  top  where  was  a  central 
  aperture  for  the  escape  of  smoke  from  the  fire  beneath. 
  The  better  sort  had  also  a  lining  of  mats.  For  entrance 
  and  egress,  two  low  openings  were  left  on  opposite 
  sides,  one  or  the  other  of  which  was  closed  with  bark 
  or  mats,  according  to  the  direction  of  the  wind.'' 
  --Palfrey.