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Wick

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1.NounA 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.
"Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke."
2.NounSynonym of wicking (“the material of which wicks (etymology 1, noun sense 1) are made”).
3.NounAny piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; specifically , a strip of gauze placed in a wound, etc., to absorb fluids.
4.NounOften in dip one's wick: the penis.
5.VerbOf a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
"The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body."
6.VerbOf 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.
"The moisture slowly wicked through the wood."
7.VerbOf a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
8.VerbChiefly followed by through or up: of a liquid: to move by capillary action through a porous material.
"The moisture slowly wicked through the wood."
9.NounA hamlet or village; also, a town.
10.NounA farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
11.NounAn enclosed piece of land; a close.
12.AdjectiveSynonym of quick (“alive, living; also, active, lively”).
13.NounA maggot.
14.NounThe growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
"Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick."
15.NounThe growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
"Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick."
16.NounThe part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
17.NounLife; also, liveliness.
18.NounA angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth. Short for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
19.NounShort for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
20.NounA grove; also, a hollow.
21.NounA shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.
22.NounSynonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).
23.VerbTo strike (a stationary bowl or stone) with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
24.VerbTo strike a stationary bowl or stone with one's own bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; to cannon.
25.NounAn inlet, such as a creek or small bay.
26.NounA basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.
27.NounWickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).
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