wick

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Noun

1. 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.
   • Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
2. Synonym of wicking (“the material of which wicks (etymology 1, noun sense 1) are made”).
3. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action; specifically , a strip of gauze placed in a wound, etc., to absorb fluids.
4. Often in dip one's wick: the penis.

Verb

1. Of a material (especially a textile): to convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
   • The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
2. 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.
   • The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
3. Of a material: to convey or draw off liquid by capillary action.
4. 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.

Noun

1. A hamlet or village; also, a town.
2. A farm; specifically, a dairy farm.
3. An enclosed piece of land; a close.

Adjective

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

Noun

1. A maggot.
2. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
   • Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
3. The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
   • Fed close? Why, it’s eaten into t’ hard wick.
4. The part of the root of a weed that remains viable in the ground after inadequate digging prior to cultivation.
5. Life; also, liveliness.

Noun

1. A angle or corner; specifically, a corner of the eye or mouth. Short for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
2. Short for wick-tooth (“a canine tooth”).
3. A grove; also, a hollow.

Noun

1. A shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction; a cannon.
2. Synonym of port (“a narrow opening between other players' bowls or stones wide enough for a delivered bowl or stone to pass through”).

Verb

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

Noun

1. An inlet, such as a creek or small bay.

Noun

1. A basket made of wickers (“flexible branches or twigs of a plant such as willow woven together”); a creel.
2. Wickers collectively; also, synonym of wickerwork (“wickers woven together”).

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