'wick' definitions:
Definition of 'wick'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action; "the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
noun
A loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: wick, taper]
Definition of 'wick'
From: GCIDE
- wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), n. [OE. wicke, weyke, weke, AS. weoca or wecca; cf. D. wiek a roll of lint, Prov. G. wicke, and wieche, OHG. wiohha, Sw. veke, Dan. v[ae]ge; of uncertain origin.] A bundle of fibers, or a loosely twisted or braided cord, tape, or tube, usually made of soft spun cotton threads, which by capillary attraction draws up a steady supply of the oil in lamps, the melted tallow or wax in candles, or other material used for illumination, in small successive portions, to be burned. [1913 Webster]
- But true it is, that when the oil is spent The light goes out, and wick is thrown away. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'wick'
From: GCIDE
- wick \wick\, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'wick'
From: GCIDE
- wick \wick\ (w[i^]k), or Wich \Wich\ (w[i^]ch), n. [AS. w[imac]c village, fr. L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr. Icel. v[imac]k an inlet, creek, bay. See Vicinity, and cf. Villa.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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]
- 2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. [1913 Webster]