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wick |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wick \Wick\, or Wich \Wich\, n. [AS. w[=i]c village, fr L. vicus. In some names of places, perhaps fr Icel. v[=i]k an inlet, creek, bay. See {Vicinity}, and cf {Villa}.] 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. 2. (Curling) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wick \Wick\, 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. But true it is that when the oil is spent The light goes out and wick is thrown away --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wick \Wick\, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: wick n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action 2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: {taper}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Wick, WV Zip code(s): 26185
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