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[wik] 
–noun
| 1. | a bundle or loose twist or braid of soft threads, or a woven strip or tube, as of cotton or asbestos, which in a candle, lamp, oil stove, cigarette lighter, or the like, serves to draw up the melted tallow or wax or the oil or other flammable liquid to be burned. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to draw off (liquid) by capillary action. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME wicke, weke, OE wice, wēoc(e); c. MD wiecke, MLG wêke, OHG wiohha lint, wick (G Wieke lint); akin to Skt vāgura noose
bef. 1000; ME wicke, weke, OE wice, wēoc(e); c. MD wiecke, MLG wêke, OHG wiohha lint, wick (G Wieke lint); akin to Skt vāgura noose
Related forms:
wickless, adjective
wick
2 [wik] –noun Curling.
| a narrow opening in the field, bounded by other players' stones. |
Origin:
orig. uncert.
orig. uncert.
Wick
[wik] –noun
| a town in the Highland region, in N Scotland: herring fisheries. 7613. |
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| wick (wĭk) n.
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks. [Middle English wike, from Old English wēoce.] |
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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.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.Wick
Wick\, v. i. (Curling) To strike a stone in an oblique direction. --Jamieson.
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wick (1)
"bundle of fiber in a lamp or candle," O.E. weoce, from W.Gmc. *weukon (cf. M.Du. wieke, Du. wiek, O.H.G. wiohha, Ger. Wieche), of unknown origin, with no known cognates beyond Gmc. To dip one's wick "engage in sexual intercourse" (in ref. to males) is recorded from 1958, perhaps from Hampton Wick, rhyming slang for "prick," which would connect it rather to wick (2).
wick (2)
"dairy farm," now surviving, if at all, as a localism in East Anglia or Essex, it was once the common O.E. wic "dwelling place, abode," then coming to mean "village, hamlet, town," and later "dairy farm" (e.g. Gatwick "Goat-farm"). Common in this latter sense 13c.-14c. The word is a general Gmc. borrowing from L. vicus "village, hamlet" (see vicinity). Cf. O.H.G. wih "village," Ger. Weichbild "municipal area," Du. wijk "quarter, district," O.Fris. wik, O.S. wic "village."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1wick
Pronunciation: 'wik
Function: noun
: a strip of material (as gauze) placed in a wound to serve as a drain
Main Entry: 2wick
Function: transitive verb
: to absorb or drain (as fluid or moisture) like a wick —often used with away wick exudate away from the wound>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Wick
royal burgh (town) and fishing port, Highland council area, historic county of Caithness, Scotland. An ancient Norse settlement on the North Sea, situated about 14 miles (23 km) south of John o'Groats, Wick developed as a fishing port and centre and was designated a royal burgh in 1589. It expanded rapidly during the herring boom of the 19th century. Since then herring fishing has declined and been replaced by the smaller whitefish industry. Several light manufacturing industries have been established, including the Caithness glass-blowing factory, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. Wick Airport provides important links to cities to the south. Pop. (2001) 7,333.
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