What is the meaning of Wick?

A braid or bundle of fibre or other porous material (now generally twisted or woven cotton) in a candle, kerosene heater, oil lamp, etc., that draws up a liquid fuel (such as melted tallow or wax, or oil) at one end, to be ignited at the other end to produce a flame.

Synonym of wicking (“the material of which wicks (sense 1) are made”).

Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; specifically , a strip of gauze placed in a wound, etc., to absorb fluids.

Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

  1. Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
  2. Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

    Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.

    Chiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.

    A hamlet or village; also, a town.

    A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.

    An enclosed piece of land; a close.

    Synonym of quick (alive, living; also, active, lively).

    A maggot.

    1. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

      The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.

      The part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.

      Life; also, liveliness.

      A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth.

      1. Short for wick-tooth (a canine tooth).

      Short for wick-tooth (a canine tooth).

      A grove; also, a hollow.

      A shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.

      Synonym of port (a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through).

      To strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

      To strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.

      An inlet, such as a creek or small bay.

      A basket made of wickers (flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together); a creel.

      Wickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (wickers woven together).

      far, wide, distant

      alternative form of wikke

      week

      An inlet of the sea, such as a creek or small bay; also, an open bight.

      Source: wiktionary.org

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