WIC, WICK, a termination, denotes jurisdiction, as in bailiwick. Its primary sense is a village or mansion, Latin; hence it occurs in Berwick, Harwich, Norwich, etc. It signifies also a bay or a castle.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.