wicking
material for wicks.
Origin of wicking
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How to use wicking in a sentence
The second form is called the “wick” carburetor because the air stream was passed over or through saturated wicking.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagTo-night, Hannah, we will measure the candle wicking for we shall be busy the greater part of to-morrow with the dipping.
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days | Carolyn Sherwin BaileyThe time was towards the close of the wicking-tide, and the world was becoming hard for simple folk.
The Path of the King | John BuchanShe thrust the wicking into the coals, and on the iron stalk a flame-flower sprang into huge blossom.
King Spruce, A Novel | Holman DayThe titmouse took the cotton and would have taken the wicking, I think, if it had not been fastened in too tight for her.
A-Birding on a Bronco | Florence A. Merriam
British Dictionary definitions for wicking
/ (ˈwɪkɪŋ) /
acting to move moisture by capillary action from the inside to the surface: wicking fabric
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