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wick

1  [wik]
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–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

Related forms:
wickless, adjective
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wick

2  [wik]
–noun Curling.
a narrow opening in the field, bounded by other players' stones.
Origin:
orig. uncert.

wick

3  [wik]
–noun
1. British Dialect. a farm, esp. a dairy farm.
2. Archaic. a village; hamlet.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wik, wich, OE wīc house, village (cf. OS wīc, OHG wîch) < L vīcus village, estate (see vicinity ); c. Gk oîkos house (see ecology, economy )

Wick

  [wik]
–noun
a town in the Highland region, in N Scotland: herring fisheries. 7613.
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wick   (wĭk)   
n.  

  1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action.

  2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action.

tr. & intr.v.   wicked (wĭkt), wick·ing, wicks
To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.

[Middle English wike, from Old English wēoce.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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>
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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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